According to a Memorial presented by the Viceroy Yii-lu, the Hupeh Government has been ordered this year to furnish the Board of Revenue at Peking with a sum of Tls. 100,000 from its receipts on account of salt tax." Tt was also origi wuired to send to the Imperial Household Tls. 50,000, from the same source; but it has since been desired to forward this sum to the Board of Revenue as well. The Memorialist has now given instructions to despatch an officer to Peking with Tls. $0,000, forming the first instalment of the subvention.
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