Prom Our Own Correspondent.
Yunnanfu, July 5.
Economically things in this province are apparently going from bad to worse and unless something is done to improve the export trade in tin, which 1s Yunnan's staple industry, a crisis will soon be upon us. There is about ten million dollars worth of opium lying. in Haiphong which is, unsaleable, and this also has accentuate ed the difficulties of both government and people who see their currency dwindling until it bids fair to equal that of other provinces. The movement of troops, who, it is reported, always have to carry silver with them, also makes things difficult, for the horses which -should be bringing food to the city are commandeered and prices soar aloft, It is interesting to watch the crowds of people who daily strive to squeeze themselves into the Fuh-tien bank to exchange some of their notes for silver which they immediately sell at a premium.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.