naaness han again been brought to publi The administration of the Peking attention by the Censor Hung Liang-pain who has accused the Superintendents of peculation and has drawn up a scheme for reforming the whole system, This memorial has not yet been published, but in Decree, based upon it the Emperor appointed a Commission composed of Kuei-hong and Fis Ying-k nei ton tigate the subject in conjunction with the authorities of the Board of Revenue.
SOUP KITCHENS AT JEHO, one Milita Sonne at Jtho states ponto are daily frequented by six or seven t two soup-kitchens, which in ordinary
subscription for nearly hundred people, are opened by public yur months every winter. During the t winter, however, the daily attendance has been greatly increased, owing to the distress in Chih, and over 2,700 people have applied for relief every day. The time now arrived for closing these establishments, but having regard to the lateness of the spring in the northern climate, and. the impossibility of finding suitable employment for such a large number of people, the Governor and his colleagues have cided upon keeping on the system of relief fora month longer than usual. By that time work will have commenced in the fields and the state of things in Chihli will probably have improved.
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