Nanking, July 15.
The following reports on the euro rent situation along various rivers have been received by the National /Econom!e Counell:—
The Yellow River is rising rapidly along both the upper and lower: Teaches. The water mark at Shen-hsien, an important point on the Up-Per reaches in northwestern Honan, near the Shensi border, on the 13t0 Inst. was 2027 metares, and the veloc: ity of the current 3,080 cubic metres per second. The water level al Lokow, north of Tsinan, in northwestern Shantung, on the same day registered 27.13 metres, and the curent velocity was 2,060 cable metres er second.
The Yangtze River, which rose during the latter pari of May and arly in June, is now subsiding. On the "13th ins, the water level at Tehang, on the upper reaches In [southwestern Hupeh, was 329 metres; at Hankow, on the middle reaches, 187 metres; and at Nanking, on the lower reaches, 5.27 metres, 'The Han River, the chief tributary of the Yangise in Hupeh province, is also subsiding. The water level' in the Chungsiang dyke-area, in north cern Hupeh, was 42.65 on the 13th, 'The Yungting River, in northern Hope, is still gaining in height, with water' pouring down from the upper reaches, where the rainfall is abundant. "As a result of the pounding of the water, several portions of the dykes have been breached—Kuo Min,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.