(3) Of the Peking subsidy of Tls.7,000,000 annal] ired from the provinces, the Hupei nue has to furnish during the present year a sum of Tls.450,000. Tls.40,000 of this have been assigned to defray military expenditure in the West, Tls.150,000 have been already forwarded in five instalments to Peking, and the Governor now reports the transmission of the sixth instalment of Tls.30,000.
ALLEGED LEKIN ABUSES IN MANCHURIA, (4) The Military Governor of Kirin forwards a report denying the truth of certain charges recently brought against the lekin collectorates in Manchuria, The Throne had been informed by some one whose name is not disclosed that vexatious proceedings were associated with the collection of lekin at Shuang-ch'éng Pu and the city of Nung-an in Kirin, and at Bulan and other places in the Hei Lung Chiang. Tt was asserted that empty carts passing levy of from 10 to 20 strings of cash the first two places were obliged to pay
each, while on carts laden with merchandise exorbitant charges were made according to the quantity of the goods. If payment was refused the carts were detained and the drivers severely beaten, It was
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