It is stated, with every appearance! of accuracy, that the military defence works, on' account of which the Chapoo "Hil were closed to the Public, have now been completed. Althcuigh, for the convenience of those wishing to visit the temples for Special ceremonies, the Hills were Feceatly opened, the facility was only temporary. The Chekiang Provincial authorities, in their own intereats, should surely issue some statement *0, explain the present position for since the defence works have been finished there seems no valld reason why the promise to make the Hills: available in the Spring to those who have invested money in developing Chapoo as a health resort should not fulfilled. It would be unfortunate if the inconvenience and material Joss entailed by the closure of the Hills were prolonged beyond the needs of the public interest to which authorities seribed theiseriginal
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.