'The Governor General of Szechuan reports that he is sending to Peking a portion of the subvention required from him for the present year: He was required to supply for the Peking: Government' a sum of Tls. 340,000, of which Tls. 150,000 should come from the salt duty, Ts. 120,000 from extra funds, and Tls. 70,000 from the Chungking Foreign Duty; also for the North East Frontier Defence, "Tis, 0,000 from the K'uei Kuan Custom House, Tls. 150,000 from salt tax, and Tls. 80,000 from extra funds, total Tls. 260,000. Of the above Ts. 600,000 he has now got together Tls. 190,000, which he is remitting by means of bills on mercantile firms A wei yuan will proceed to Peking, cash the bills there, and hand the money to the proper authorities. At the same time the memorialist will forward Tls. 20,000, being four months' regular contribution to the cost of the Manchurian army.
8th Apri
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