Nanking, June 16.
Up to the end of last year, altogether 81,348 workers were employed in the government railway services in the country, according 10 Statistics compiled by the Ministry of Railways. The wages for the workers total $51,496 daily, the statis. ties reveal.
The number of railway workers in the country in the year 1931 totalled 99,286 including 14,702 employed on the government railways in. Mat churia. The actual total in China Proper was therefore 85,082.
Last year's figures as compared with 1931 show a decrease of 3,704.—Kuo Min.
Kaifeng, June 10.
Several rivers in the province are reported to have swollen in recent days: the Yellow River suddenly rose by one foot and two inches on. June 3; the Lo River in Western Honan, and the China River in by two feet and four inches.
All this indicates that it is quite possible that the Yellow River will burst its dykes in the coming summer, and that—precautionary means should be taken by the political authorities in the province.
The local public safety bureau has recently announced that all fortune tellers, astrologers, geomancers, and witches, are prohibited tov carry on their superstitious business in the city, and that they are advised to choose some other occupations instead. Statistics show that the number of such Kind of people in the city is over 100, including men and women. The old' ones who are not able to get. other occupations may be sup~ Ported by a small amount per month from the Public Safety Bureau.
According to the Geological Asso-dation here, the following "nine hsiens. or districts in the Province produce gold: Hsunghsien, Loning, Yiyang, Hsichuan. Lushih, Nanchao, Neihsiang, Fangeheng, and Lushan, About 800 long or ounces of gold can bbe produced annually.
The Provincial Cotton Improving Bureau here announces that more than 240,000 catties of cotton seeds were distributed the last spring, in Eastern Honan, and some 60,000 mow of cotton planted in the same region.
June 3 was held as Opium Prohibition Day here and everywhere In the province. In Loyang Western Honan, 27 opium prisoners were dragged along the main street and in Junan in Southern Honan, two opium sellers were executed on the same day. A large quantity of opium and narcotics was burnt in several places in the province,
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