The following are the remittances which the Canton authorities were required to forward to the Central Government during the peat year:—Tls, 160,000 from the Foreign Justoms Revenue for the Peking subsidy. Tis, 120,000 from the six-tenths of the same revenue for frontier defence purposes onthe North East. Tls. 120,000 from thefourtenths of the Customs receipts for general frontier expenditure and Tls. 200,000 from the six-tenths thereof forthe same purpose, part of which was tobe retained for payment of the foreign loan: Tls. 6,000 per quarter for augmenting the salaries of Peking officials, and sums of Tls. 30,000 each to the Imperial Household Department and the Privy Purse. The Viceroy now reports the transmission by drafts of various sums which constitute the fourth instalment in payment of the foregoing liabi
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