During the year 1888 various provinces were required to furnish the Governor-General in Kansu with subsidies amounting altogether to Tls. 4,800,000, in order to support the army maintained in Kansu and Turkestan for the defence of the northwestern frontier. The Governor-General has since reported that the whole of this money has reached him in good time; and he has therefore requested that the provincial treasurers or other heads of revenue departments concerned should receive some reward for the diligence which they have shown in raising and forwarding their quotas of the subvention. Ina memorial uow published the Board of Revenue endorses the Governor-General's application, which it declares to be in accordance with precedent.—Decree already published.
22nd December.
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