Tientsin were required some time ago to coin 100,000 strings of cash for use in Peking, and to defray the cost of materials and manufacture, a sum of Tls. 80,000 was to be retained from the annual subsidy remitted from the Ch'ang-lu salt establishment. A further order was subsequently received for 50,000 strings of cash which rare to be ovined by the Financial Cun missioner at Puo-ting Fu. As materials for the coinage of the latter order, 200,000 catties of Japanese copper and an equal quantity of English lead were to be taken from the" supplies purchased by the board and stored at Tientsin. The expenses of manufacture were to be deducted from the subsidy due from the Ch'ang-lu Salt Works. "The Governor-General reports that the Treasurer is now ready to start work, but he submits that Tientsin, and not Pio-ting Fu, should be the place selected for the purpose. In the first place, this will save the cost of taking the materials to the latter place, and wh coined, the cash can be sent far more ensily ly cly water from Tientsin than the land route from Pao-ting Fu to Peking.—Rescript: Let the Board of Revenue be informed.
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