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Show 1 9RiCK MAKING IN CHINA, i An Kxtrnsive Slanufaclury to he Kstah- lnhnri at Ifong; Kong br a tierinau. Lonpon, March 5. The Chinese ; government has engaged a German otlicial named hicsku to establish an extensive brick manufactory near Ilonir Kong. The object of the government govern-ment iu starting these works, which wrll be followed by the establishment of others in various parts of the empire, is to rebuild most of the cities whose houses aro constructed almost wholly of wood. The frequent fires occurring in these places, almost invariably resulting re-sulting in the destruction of thousands of buildings, led tho authorities to the determination to substitute brick for wood in future construction and to cause tho reconstruction of existing buildings as rapidly as possible. |