Much opium continues to come in from the interior, and a tax office has been established on a i situated near the mouth of Fu iver, where a staff of tax collectors are on duty day and night. On the roof of their office is a searchlight, which is kept going each night to watch the river for would-be evaders, The str. Kwang Toon arrived in port last night from Canton and reports that she has had on board cargo for Wuchow for 72 days. She and the regular river steamers, including the paddle steamer Nanning, are the only boats to arrive from Canton for nearly three months, Some 10 days ago practically all of the usual river steamers from
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