Failure of Rice Crop: Three Typhoons Fnox Ove Own Contesrowomvr Wenchow, Ohe,, Aug, 16.
the almost total failure of the early rice crop is causing already Jdetp distress in many parts of the prefecture, Tt has deen an ordinately wet summer even for Wenchow and blight and want of sun 80 seriously affected the ently, rice crop that prices went up with a leap. In a very short time the price went up from 11 pints to the '$1, to 8 pints and the price is still going up.
We have experienced three typheons already and while the wind Ihas seldom reached gale force the rain has been excessive: Daring the last one the rain came down almost continuously from August 7 to 14 and the plain on which the ity is, situated became one great flake with houses and embankments appearing above the surface. All the canals in the city overflowed and many of the streets were inundated, It was impossible to through any of the gates of the city without wading through deep water. Tt will be many days before the plain can assume its ordinary app even if we have fine sunny Tu some of the country districts the poor people have been reduced to such straits on account of the rice failure that raids have been made on the richer people's houses to get the necessary food on which 'The second rice crop is in great danger of failure also unless the weather' greatly improves. A month's sunshine is necessary £6 redeem the crop fiom failure, Revorts have been received in Shanghai that a large gang of brigands, armed with rifles" and machine guns, bombarded $2 Yang, a garrison town 135 miles_ north of Nanking, forcing the soldier) evacuate. The Government ha: reinforcements to.re-capture
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