No rain has come since the typhoon [passed by, more than two weeks ago. The Grand Canal at the north gate lower than any one now living con remember. No steam launches for large cargo boats can get through. 'A few of the smaller, shallow draft row boats can get by with light loads. Business is at a" standstill, Bare necessities like rice and salt-Ash move in small quantities.
Farmers who planted early rice along the deeper water courses where they could use motor-driven, Duffalo-pulled or foot-power pumps beginning to gather in the harvest.. The best of these report two piculs to the mow, better than the average year. However, the majority are not so fortunate. Early or late planting without waler will obtain but little straw and no The om cial reply to petitions for reducing the taxes has not yet apeared. The government is making 2 careful survey.
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