(2) The subsidy required by the Peking Government from the Chekiang salt revenue is fixed for the present year at Tls. 220,000, and the contribution for the. Imperial Household is Tls. 50,000, Half of these sums have already been' forwarded. The Governor now reports that he is remitting Tls. 50,000. for the Board of Revenue and Tls. 10,000 for the Household. Tie money has been sent from Hangchow to Shanghai in charge of a P' Wei-yuan, who will convey it thence to Tientsin by steamer.
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