(3) The Governor of Chahar presents his annual application for the funds allotted to him for the maintenance of the forty-four stations on the government post road to the Altai Mountains. This sum in ordinary years of twelve months amounts to Tls. 22,877, and is paid from the funds in the hands of the Superintendent of Customs at Kalgan. It is intended to cover the pay of officers and men, and to defray the cost of horses and sheep, and of stationery and such items.
January 7th.—No documents of interest.
MANCHURIA, PATROLLING OF FRONTIERS, January 8th.—(1) The high authorities of Feng-tien and Kirin report that the frontier between the two provinces has been patrolled according to annual custom, The service was performed by a combined force, under the charge of officers belonging to the two jurisdictions. The commanders report that they found the whole region in a state of peace, The country was not troubled by mounted banditti, nor was there any lawlessness of any kind.
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