(3) To cover the cost of the materials supplied for Imperial use to the Court Household, the Superintendent of the Factory at' Soochow draws from the procial treasury an aunualsun of Tls.30,000, with a further allowance of Tls.2,600 for intercalary periods. The question of reducing the expenditure on silk and other mater-mis having been under the consideration of the Board, the accounts of the establishment have not been furnished for the past three years. The present Superintendent now reports that the receipts during the above period amounted to Tls.92,500 and that the cost of materials furnished to the Court, including packing, was Tls. 95,226.6.9.5 Showing a deficit of Tls. 2,726.6.95 which will be debited to the account of the following year.
January 6th.—No documents of interest.
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