NEWS FROM JAPAN.

Kumara Times, Issue 944, 9 October 1879, Page 3

NEWS FROM JAPAN.

The Press Agency correspondent, writes, under date Nagasaki, July £(lth : Genera] Giant and party are still in Japan. His reception everywhere was most enthusiastic, the Japanese joining lieai-tiiy.in the festivities. A Japanese journal credits the (ieueral with having fcnid that the military college in Tokio ranks amongst the best of similar institiuidlix in the world. The General lias now gone on a lengthened visit to the old temples.at Nikko. Cholera has been raging in the' ports of Qsako and Hiogo for the past three weeks, and strict quarantine has been enforced on all vessels coining from the Infected districts. The total number of cholera cases, throughout the country from the time of its first appearance to ftste is about 1 S.O3S Eighty per cent, of those attacked, have died. Yokohama, Yeddoj and .Nagasaki have not yet Keen infected; but of 5349 cases reported'from Osaka, 4031 died, forty-five rec-ovend,and' tlie remainder are still fonder treatment. and Looclioo complications still remain unsettled, and it is feared that, l.l.lpie; ared as Japan is at present, §lie will be compelled to rnake war preparations to correspond with tliose beint,' made by the Chinese. A fire at Todio consumed 136 houses before being extinguished. The rainy season this year has been exceptionally severe. Several rivers have'-oyer flowed inundating a laiye area! of rice fields; and sweeping away br'dges* and houses in some districts. Such floods have not been known for thirty years. The exports from Japan for the month.of May were Valued at 2,097,3-25 flols,- and the imports at 2-,505,510d0].5. A collection of horticultural spc-ci-m'ens has been presented by the Japanese Minister of Education to the Australian Exhibition. The revision of the existing treaties with foreign- powers is about to take place. It is believed that the import duties will be increased, but little will be done towards the opening up 6f the 6mm fry to foreign capita*