Huchow, Che, May Chinese brush pens, priced from few coppers each to over a hundred dollars for a single article, are among]
made the city known throughout the products of Huchow which have China, 'This with many other interesting facts was told by Mr. Mi, 'Seerelary for the Provincial Govern-iment, before an audience of Huchow's most' important citizens yesterday the inaugural ceremonies of the net /mayor, Mr. Kuang Sung-ling. Among] other things Mfr. Mi also said that while the condition of the district was mot up to the standard desired, yet great improvement could be seen over conditions existing up to the ast. two. years, 2,750,000 mow of land, with a nearly 70,000 people. Within the district there are 455. schools. with, students numbering nearly 29,000. The Products of the district, including silk, pens, feather fons, umbrellas, bamboo, wine, poultry, fish from the canals and the Great Lake, minerals. of various, kinds, coal, stone for cement, sheep, pigs, vegetables and fruit, and 30 on are.worth annually about '$18,- 900,000, "it is a district, Mr, Mi declared, exceptionally rich in natural resources; yet since so much land and attention are devoted to silk culture, large part of the food required has Be obtained from outside the ais-
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