inking, Dee, 19.
It is learned that preparations for the inauguration of the proposed ocean steamship service between China and the South Seas are being completed by the China Merchants' Steam Navigation Ca.
Three routes will be operated; namely, Shanghai-Manila; Shanghai-Singapore; and Shanghai-Dutch East Indies (Samarang, Sourabaya and Batavia). Steps are understood to have already been taken by the s. Company to charter from a foreign' steamship company four to eight passenger steamers, The service, it is expected, will be inaugurated, carly next spring-—Kuo Min.
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