Work in the furnace is done at a disadvantage owing to the shortness of the furnace chimney, which is only 25 feet high.

All attempts to increase its height are now forbidden by the authorities.

There was agitation in the city when the chimney was being heightened.

Geomancers were consulted, who saw the feeling of the majority, and therefore gave it as their unprejudiced opinion that, if the chimney were not stunted, the _fungshui_ (good luck) of the Futai's yamen (provincial governor), and of that portion of the city under its protection, would depart for ever.

All the machinery of the arsenal is stamped with the name of Greenwood, Battley and Co., Leeds.