(2) The Viceroy of Yunnan reports that a chain bridge in the Chao-tung Prefecture has been destroyed, the buttresses at either end having been washed away by a flood. He proposes to have it re-built hig stream at Ying-ko-tsui, where the ground is much firmer. The cost of the new bridge is estimated at Tls. 8,000. The local guilds will bear one-half of the expense; and the Memorialist proposes to pay the rest from the public funds. He feel justified in so doing, because the bridge is on an important road, used both for ordinary trade and in. the conveyance of copper to Peking. If trade along it be stopped the lekin revenue will certainly suffer.—Approved by Rescript.
September 5th.—{No document of interest.]
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