Many people in Amoy and Changchow "recently became sick and rumour has it that several died, owing to peculiar ingredients in salt. It'seems that salt made from sea water always contains a small percentage of Mgcl/2, but when the salt kept for a considerable time this Ingredient dissolves and disappears, in liquid form, During the dry winter months, however, it does not dissolve but ts retained.
The Municipal Government ener-ge tically took up the matter when was reported and an officer from
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