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Show JAPAV San Francisco, IS. The Pacific Mail chartered steamer Vancouver arrived this evening. She left Hong Kong Jan. 20; left Yokohama Jan. 30. February 15th was the date fixed for the final departure of English Eng-lish troops from Yokohama. French troops were to leave the following day. Possibly they may be further detained de-tained by small pox in the English camp. j A commemorative medal was to be given to all participants in the Formosa For-mosa expedition. Two hundred thousand dollars was appropriated by the Japanese government govern-ment for expenditures in connection with the Philadelphia Centennial, for tho expenses of commissioners to examine ex-amine the induslries and report, $100,000; for purposes of Japanse articles ar-ticles to be sent. $30,000; for transportation, trans-portation, $20,000. The provisional offices in Yedo of various kens or former provinces, about 250 in number, were just abolished, abol-ished, and the business concentrated i in a bureau of the interior depart-: depart-: ment. Ex Daimia of Arva, offers to construct con-struct a railway from Yedo to the northern extremity of the island at his own expense. The small pox continues among foreigners in Yokohama and Yedo, but is declared by physicians to have reached its limits. |