The initial expense of starting the silk industry in Kuangsi is represented by the Governor as making a very serious demand upon the provincial exchequer. The pur-of the requisite machinery and procuring a supply of mulberry plants and silkworms, as well as the wages of skilled workmen, ate too heavy items to be defrayed by a poor district, and much of the success of the enterprise will depend upon the support it receives from the officials, and gentry of the province. Two very handsome subscriptions have already been received for this object tributed fs. 3,800, while his colleague ut The acting Prefect of Wuchowfu has cou-
Hsiinchow has given a donation of Tls. 1,600. The generosity of both these gentlemen was prompted by the teaching of their deceased parents, in honour of whom they have received permission to erect memorial arches with inscriptions recording their benevolent character.
9th August.
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