Wuhu, May 18, The governor of Kweichow, Mr. Wu, has. telegraphed to General Chiang Kai-shek asking that the Wahu magistrate, Mr. Wang, be sent down to Kweichow as they are in heed of some able administrators in that province. This is a promotion for Mr. Wang and one that we feel fs well deserved. But he will be missed here. During his term of ofice Mr. Wang has greatly interested himself in the affairs of the city as well as in the business of the seven other hsiens over which he had had control. An honest and fearless mat and one who has never spared himself, he has endeared himself to the Chinese and foreip.crs alike. Wider Jand cleaner streets, a public park and a large cement swimming pool are among the many improvements that have taken place since he came. Mr. Wants successor isnot yet arrived Business has been picking up a little recently and there is a brighter outlook as to the future. The farmers have been very busy for some weeks past getting in the wheat and rape /seed crops and planting the rice. In all this district, both north and south fof the river, the crops now being harvested are good and most of the refugees who came south last year on account of the drought have been ud are still wending their ways homewards. They have been making a very precarious living all through the winter and early spring, patient and, industrious people that they usually are, a good many of them have been reduced almost to beggary.
Lesser Prizes, with Wider Chances, Once a Month The Ministry of Finance has decid-make a number of major changes in the State Lottery, begin ning with the 13th issue. 'Ths lottery will be issued once every mont, Instead of every two months as hitherto, and the total of each issue will be' decreased from the present 500,000 tickets 10 300,000, the price for each to remain at $10.
The number of prizes will _be changed. There will be one firs: prize of $250,000, four of $50,000 each, twenty of $10,000 each, 100 of $2,006, leach, 300 of $500 each, and 600 of }$100" each. "In addition, the two tickets whose numbers immediately [precede and follow the number of the first prize each will draw $6,000, while the eight tickets whose numbers immediately precede and follow caca fof the numbers of the four second rizes will each draw $1,000. Tickets whose last two figures' correspond with those of the first prize number will each win $50, while tickets whose last figure corresponds with that of the frst prize number will each win $10—Central News.
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