A Censor points out that the floods with which Chekiang was recently visited extended to no less than ten Prefectures and constituted a disaster to which the recent history of the province furnishes no parallel, 'The Imperial bounty was liberal ly placed at the disposal of the sufferers and inspired gratitude in the breast of every recipient. The Governor and his staff' have been ably assisted in their endeavour to mitigate the suffering by the large majority of the gentry, and the abuses which generally attend the distribution of relief have totally disappeared. The memorialist, however, considers that the present opportunity should be made use of to introducereformsof a nature supplementary to relief measures, and of these he considers that the enforcement of the tithing system and the improvement of irrigation are the most imy ut at the moment. Since the rebellion a great proportion of, the population of western Chekiang has been composed of immigrants from other provinces, who have been attracted thither by the quantity of waste land awaiting cultiva. tion, The three Prefectures of Hangchow,
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