I have received the following despatch from Liu, Taotai of the Sa-sung-tai district Thave been informed that the money manner of unheard of cheating Shanghai to order the different mone} shops through the Secretaries of the Bankers' Guild to act accordingly. Every one who practices any of the old schemes will be brought to justice and dealt with according to the law.
In accordance with the above despatch of the Taotai, I make it known that the law -—Whoover in one of the money shops of the capital hides money, closes his shop and rune away, shall be punished according to the sums embezzled, Should these amount to more than 120 Tsels, he is banished to the next province; if to more than 1,000 Taels, he is banished to the Amur province with hard labour; if to more than 10,000 Taels, he is condemned to strangulation, but is kept in prison for a certain time, to see whether he is able to pay the amount of his debts. If at the expiration of this term he does not pay, he is imprisoned for life. The law is severe, and I therefore bring it to the notice of all by this proclamation.
All owners of money shops in the Settl ments should hereafter do their b according to their means, without practising deceit as heretofore. Whoever is brought before the court for an offence of mentioned nature, he will be deal with according to the severity of the Jaw, and will be imprisoned until he pave the fall amount, without ionic
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