The total amount of the subsidy to be sent to Peking by all the provinces from the land tax and salt duties during the present year is Tls. 7,000,000. Of this, the Canton Salt revenue was to furnish a sum of Ts. 200,000, and was at the same time to provide Tls. 50,000 for the expenses of the Imperial Household. Tls. 130,000 of the aboveamountshave been already forwarded, and a further instalment of Tls. 60,000 is now being remitted, together with Tls. 1,830 to cover the cost of porterage, difference in weight, and maintenance allowance to officials of the Board.
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