Two or three years ago the then Governor of Kuangsi reported the capture of an elephant in the district of Sungpo in Tongking, and was commanded by telegram to send the animal on to Peking. Being however tuo old to stand the journey, was kept in captivity in T'aiping Fu, a s of Tls. 40 per month being allowed for its keep. When it died a short time ago, orders were received that the tusks, hide, bones, ete,, should be sent to the provincial capital for transmission to Peking. The tusks, which together weigh 65 catties and are 5 fect long and 94 inches in cireumference, being of good quality and suitable for the manufacture of articles for the use of His Majesty have accordingly been carefully packed up, and will be sent on to Peking, but the hide is so worm-eaten as to be useless, and therefore not worth sending.
2nd March.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.