The old public granaries in the city are once more coming into use, as the order has gone out from the Government that every household is to give three catties of rice a year, to be stored in the granaries in case of need. The Putien granaries had not been used for more than 20 years, and a quantity of rice had been stored there-for that length of time. In the course of years the grains had əecome dried up, and had lost all their food value, but the people have been glad to buy this old rice, believing that it has great value as a medicine. In future rice which has been stored for a year is either. to be sold, or to be given back in exchange for newly harvested rice, and the granaries are to be kept filled with a supply of good rice in case of national need. The farmers who own paddy-fields find no difficulty in meeting with the Government's requirements, but those who farm unirrigated land have lodged a pro test. Their chief crops are beans znd sweet potatoes, and they have very little rice even for their own consumption, somewhat unconventional style, may be left to the imfiagination.
A specimen of Bosman's Potto has been received from Mr. C. S. Webb, the well-known naturalist and collector, just returned from a visit to the Gold Coast.
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