Its two foremen were trained partly in the arsenal in Nanking under Dr.Macartney (now Sir Halliday Macartney), and partly in the splendid Shanghai arsenal under Mr.Cornish.I went to the arsenal, and was received as usual in the opium-room.

There was nothing to conceal, and I was freely shown everything.

The arsenal turns out Krupp guns of 7-1/2 centimetres calibre, but the iron is inferior, and the workmen are in need of better training.

Cartridges are also made here.

And in one room I saw two men finishing with much neatness a pure silver opium-tray intended for the Fantai (provincial treasurer), but why made in the arsenal only a Chinaman could tell you.