London.
There was an enormous attendance at the funeral of the late Sir John Millais, President of the Eoyal Academy. The Earl of Rosebory, Lord Wolseley, Sir Henry Irving, and the well-known painters Mr Philip H. Calderon, R.A., and Mr Holman Hunt were the principal pall-bearers. There were fifty-two carriages in the procession. The Queen and the Prince of Wales sent wreaths. The remains were interred close to the grave of the late Lord Leighton. The Marquis of Salisbury deolares that China's claim for double foreign duty principally meets with a favourable reception in Shanghai and Hongkong, where commercial men are quite prepared to accept the increased imposition, provided that the likin, or inland tax, on foreign goods, is not exacted. Li Hung Chang, referring to this question, says that China is quite willing to open the whole of her seaboard trade, but will not consent to the removal of the iikin. He considers it probable that in the event of the concession of increased duties, China will borrow 50 million Stirling for the purpose of construct-
ing railways and increasing her fleet.
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Manawatu Herald, 25 August 1896, Page 2
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183London. Manawatu Herald, 25 August 1896, Page 2
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