Shansi has every year out of her land tax, miscellaneous customs and likin duties to remit in two instalments a sum of Tls. 100,000 to the Imperial Household there to be included in the sums placed on deposit. A further sum'of Tls. 5,000 per month likewise payable out of the' land tax has to be remitted as a contribution towards the fund for securing the capital and paying the troops; and finally out of the savings of the sums at the of the Re-organisation Board Tls. 40,000 have to be remitted annually, The Governor accordingly states that the provincial treasurer has appointed an expectant sub-prefect to convey to Peking the following sums: one-half of the annual payment to the Household Tls. 60,000, one-half year's payments towards the fund for securing the capital, etc., Tls. 30,000, and Tls. 20,000 out: of the savings effected by the Re-organisation Board.
FLOODS IN YUNNAN, The Governor of Yunnan points out that during the summer and autumn of fist year as previously reported by him -the districts of Kaoming and Nanning were visited with disastrous floods and that's commission was appointed to consider the advisability of remitting taxes. The report of the commission has now been received and memorialist finds that the flooded parts of the Kaoming district are Tiable to contribute every autumn 166 tan of grain in addition to' Tls. 199 of taxes. The figures for Nanning are 74 tan and Tls. 165, In consideration of the extreme distress prevailing in these districts memorialist would request that pity be taken.on
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