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At last it was resulted in success. We learned that during the last eighteen months the Chinese Government has made several large shipments, or a Mail Company carried 500 cases of U.S. No.45 cartridges, each containing 500,000 cartridges, a total of 5000 rifles were also found there.
It was reported that 5000 rifles were to be shipped to China by the steamer Rio de Janeiro, and it sailed to the following day. Information relating to the matter could be obtained from the officers of the steamships, from the chief clerk of the Pacific Mail Company, from customs officials or even at the Merchants Exchange, but persistent inquiry has revealed that it has arrived from Panama not only loaded with arms and ammunition, but also with other military material.
During the period already mentioned, 240,000 rifles and 25,000,000 cartridges have been shipped and more are to come. In other directions, we have also obtained information that...