Hongkong, Mar, 20.
'The cholera epidemic which has! since the' beginning of the year remained unabated. " assumed" serious Proportions this week when the total umber of those suffering from the disease reached 323.
'One Inindred and fifty-one cases broke out during the last wel, while 129 cases were reported on Monday' Jand Tuesday, according to the satisfies published by the Hongking. authori-fies. The continuous rains since the first part of January were blamed for the spread of the disease—Domei, Tuavitens wishing to proceed from Central China to North China will required to have certificates showing that they have been inceculated against" small-pox, the] "Shanghai "Mainichi" reports. The sudden enforcement of the regula tions was brought about by the prevalence of small-pox. in Tsingtao, according to. the paper.
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