Beef is 20 to 24 cents per much cheaper than Shanghai bui the quality is not quite __so good, Pork 30 cents per Ib. Fish is expensive as it has to be brought up from the lake or from Kiukiang at night time. On the whole one may say that cost of living has increased about 25 to 30 per cent. since the war started.
There are a number of French sailors here- for a short holiday—they cannot be sent down river, the next best thing is Kuling. They are coming up in relays of 50 or more, and at present are staying at Singsengang, May 27.
With the partial occupation of the north-river districts of Kiangsu by the Japanese military, the movements fof, several Shanghai shipping lines between Shanghai and river ports have shifted from Tiensengang, near 'Tungchow, to places farther up the river. Enormous crops are _unharvested and large quantities of pigs, cattle, chicken, eggs and vegetables await shipment, so that the gular service of the' shipping companies is regarded as of inestimable Value both to the population of Shanghai and to the farmers of northern Kiangsu.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.