(1) The Governor of Shansi reports that he has remitted to Peking the sum of Tls. 200,000. This sum, which has bes from the economies effected in the dul expenditure, is the amount which the province is called upon annually to remit a3 a contribution towards the addition pay which was last year allotted to the Bauner forces Poking.
A portion decessors, and some hundreds of thousands of people found it every day more difficult to earn livelihood, while the duty rex ceipts have of late declined.
With reference to the above report th Meworialists would remark that Kua cassia bark comes from the four Districts f Pfing-nan, Kuei-ping, Jong Hsien and "eng Haien, while Kuangtung bark all comes from Lo-ting Chow, There are further two routes by which cassia la brought to the coast for exportation, By the old, or eastern, route, Kuangsi cassia descends the West River from Heiiu-chow Fa and Wa-chow Fu, and Kuangtung cas brought by a branch river to Shao-Fu, also on the West River. In cuse it finds its way to Canton, when: it is sent to foreign countries. By ti ow, or Western, route Kuangsi out up stream, and, being cam partly by water and partly by land, is conveyed to Yii-lin Chou, Lieuchou Fu and Pakhoi, whence it is exported abroad, In 1878 Transit Passes were brought at Pakhoi, but lad not at th 1 introduced at Canton. For
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