SUBSLDIES—CANTON To PEKING, October 30th,—The Governor General, and Hoppo at Canton present a Memorial in which they state that among the sums which they ate required to furnish this year are comprised Tls. 100,000, subsidy to the Board of Revenue from the foreign Customs, with Tls. 60,000 of additional assessment, recently added, Tls. 120,600 from the six-tenths foreign Customs duties, for the defence of Manchuria, Tls. 40,000, increased pay of Peking in lie of the old compassionate and under the same head 18,000' por annum, funds formerly transmitted to Foochow,' and coming from the four tenths foreign Customs duti Also, Tls. 300,000 from the Customs, due in quarterly instalments to the Privy Purse Department of the Imperial Household.
As the reriittances to Peking are made through Shansi Bankers, who advance the money and are repaid when funds come to hand, it is impossible to send silver, and special permission has been given by the ing Government to use bills of exchange instead. The Memorialists are now remitting by this method is. 104,820, the Dills being entrusted to an officer, who will make the journey by steamer to Tientsin.
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