A memorial from the Acting Governor of Chinese Turkestan states that the city walls of the provincial capital have been comple-rely rebuilt as welles those of Hami, Guchen, Turfan, and Manas, four towns situated on the North Road. Butthereremaintwocities, one Kur-kara-usu, which is an important lace because of the roads thence to i on the west and Tarbagatai on the north the other Ch'ang-chi, which by its position is an outlying defence of Urumtsi, the capital of the province. The fortifications of these two towns have fallen into a sad condition since the war. The towers at the angles of the walls and over the gates, and the half-moons at the gateways are all gone; and the. battlements have troyed by the weather. The local autho-Tities, therefore, recently applied for permission to effect the necessary repairs in order to ensure the safety of the towns; and the memorialist's predecessor gave order that the troops should assist in the work, and that careful estimates should be framed of the cost of the same. A statement endorsed by the Provincial Treasurer has now been presented, from which it appears that the timber required must be brought from places in in the midst of the mountains three or four hundred li away, so that the expense of carriage will be very great, and, on account pf the decayed condition of the towns, the remaining materials, and the artisans wanted must be sought for in other towns. It is therefore computed that, exclusive of the workmen's food, the repairs at Kur-kara-usu will cost Tls. 8,600 and those at Ch'ang-chi Tls. 9,000. Being satisfied with the accuracy of the estimates the memorialist has given his sanction for the expenditure of the money, which will be duly accounted for when the work is completed.
DAMAGE BY AIL IN SHANTUNG, The Governor of Shantung states that on the 24th of May last great damage was caused by hail to the crops in Chu Chou and I-shui, two districts in the prefecture of I-chou Fu. On receipt of the news the memorialist despatched a sum of Tls. 5,000 teach of the districts. He at the same time sent special officers to wid in the distribution of the relief, and ordered the Provincial Treasurer to find out the state of affairs in each village with a view to the postponement of the'grain tax where it might be necessary. Itis uow reported to him that the money has been distributed and seed corn has been issued to those whose autumn crops were destroyed, with an exhortation to sow their lands again as soon as possible in order that they may reap a late harv
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