customs.
(8) The Governor of Kiangsu reports that he is remitting to Peking by bills of exchange sum of Tis, 50,000. This is the second instalment of the Tls. 150,000 which the Shanghai Foreign Custom-house was orderd to furnish as its share of the contribution which were to be forwarded in advance thi year from the provinces for the use of the Central Government.
SMANSI, RIOT ON ACCOUNT OF OPIUM LEKIN.
September 4th.—(1) The Governor of Slunsi reports that the Yamen of the Magistrate of Yuan-ch'ii Hsien was recently invaded by a number of rioters who objected to the collection of Leki on native opium. The magistrate came out to restore order, but was assaulted and beaten by the mob, which only dispersed on the arrival of budy of troops.
people of Yuan-ch'ti have a bad reputation, and frequently create disturbances in conjunction with disorderly persons who come from across the Honan frontier, and it will be necessary to make a severe example of some of them in order to prevent similar occurrences in the future. But still the Memorialist thinks that the Magistrate cannot escape blame, as the regulations for taxing native opium, as approved by the Board of Revento, have Deen in force for some time and have been carried out everywhere else without causing any trouble, He has instructed officers to discover and arrest the principal offenders, and at the same tin to find out if the magistrate has been guilty of exacting money illegally. When this has been done he proposes to hold an enquiry into the whole affair at the provinial capital, pending which the Magistrate will be withdrawn from his post and deprived of his button.—Approved by Rescript.
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