Money is more plentiful now ow! to the good crops. The farmers stil [prefer coppers to the flimsy paper notes which they recognize as having [po value in themselves and are hard {to distinguish from spurious. Very seldom is " silver dollar seen and "dimes" and "double-dimes" are al-Jmost as scarce. One dollar is equal {0 300 coppers.
With the schoo! closed for three weeks everything seems to help to set the stage fora wonderful festive feelebration. Pork and fish are abun-[dant and practically every home has quantity of meat and vegetables drying inthe sun in preparation for the holidays Branches of the Bank of China, the Agricultural Bank of Ching and the Bank of Communications report profitable year and business in general is on the increase. Only' the Boat people seem to have a hard time to meet. their expenses. With th> Rew roads snd the quicker and Jeasier method of transportation by motor, many of the smaller house-oats are losing out Fewer new Boats are built and several boat people are shifting to Shanghai to Work in the factories.
Nantungchow tries. to keep up its reputation as a model city. It has Deautiful avenues and parks, schools, museums and industrial plants, The grave of Mr. Chan Chien, 'a beauty Spot, 1s considered the most beautiful north of the Yangtze. Industrially the city is by far the most advanced city north of the River, In connec tion with the" medical school, Ballan scientist makes various kinds sera and glandular extracts, while among the hospitals those of the Christian "Mission and the hospital connected with the medical school fare outstanding. A powerful elec-trio light plant, near" Nantungchow con supply two or three hsien with Tight' and "power.
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Nentungehow and Jukag Asien: have rail. connections with the north. boat connec: the way for widening Streets of Jukao. New buildings can be erected on the former sites and all have to move back giving room for broadening the avenues. Recently a large cement {ile sewer was laid through several Blocks of Jukao city.
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