(4) The Governor of Kiangsi reports the despatch of an officer to Peking with Tis, 60,000, rej ing the balance due for the latter hilt of last year on the contrib tion from Kiangsi for the north-east defence fund. The amount that ually called upon to furnish is Tis, 60,000 from land tax skin, The latter however, has not yielded suffice for the purpose, and the land tax has coi sequently been laid under heavier contrib tion, paying a total sum to the fund in question between the years 1878 and 1885 of Tis, 860,000.
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