Canton, Sept, 11.
It is authoritatively learned that the three runaway. warships, from She North, now, incorporated in the anton navy, have been assigned. duties as follows: The Haichi to patrol the Hainan coast, the Haieen [fo patrol the Gulf of Tongkin, including Pakhoi, and the Shaoho to patrol the coast from Swatow to Hailufeng.
The Haichi and the Liaison will be entrusted with the task of investilgating the French occupation of the coral islands in the South China Sea.—Reuter.
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