\iMuge four and fivestoreyed structures appear on either side' giving the city an eceptionlly One appearance, any fof these are wholly occupied by sil and restaurants, several _, of which exceed the "North-China ly News" building in size, The ity of the Cantonese to rerate after suffering so. much demonstrated in a visit to the Aistriets which were gutted as a result of the Communist uprising fand the attendant incendiarism during the first half of December, 1027. The hundreds of neat struct: uuret"which had been razed to the ground have been replaced by equal-Gne building Avtram line is under construction bat, since it has not been completed, has not yet been made use of. One is inclined to think that rail Yeas tram service would proves te be more efficient for a ity Tike Ganton. There are more motor buses now than ever before and these. are clean, cheap and efficient, The confidence of the. merchants rapidly being restored but the general prayer is that there shall more fighting, that if there {is further trouble, it should not be near Canton. The burden on the Doople has been exceptionally heavy. hey have had to. bear the lion's share of the Anti-Northern Expedition funds, they had not. restored their condition to normal when they were overcome by the Communist Outrages of 1927, and, more recent-they have had to bear the brant of: the financial burden in the eampaign against Kuangsi when their homes: were so seriously menaced by "visitor" troops. friendly shopkeeper as being coun-forfeit! Silver dollars are not fused to any great extent. The Post Office pays them out but declines Set, Hem pennet stamps.
Excellent efforts are being made in connection with the general health of the public and all marriages, births, deaths, and illnesses must at once be reported to the health office. At the least sign of a communicable disease, the authorities, who are specialists. their line, take provipt preventative measures, thus ensuring that the disease shall not spread. The water system is being greatly improved bat still, on occasion, forced to use water of adi muddy nature, Tam told that the sewerage system is soon to be introduced,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.