The Acting Taotai for the prefectures in the south-east of Yunnan was an officer who had taken part in the campaigns in were. more. than. forty districts which suffered, from. the calamity. A. quantity of tribute rice for Peking' was. allowed to be stopped. at Tionisin... Funds were drawn from the provincial'treasury, and contributions were collected, both in. the province. itself and throughout the Eupire. The memorialist now begs to present a statement. of the receipts from jail sources, and of the expenditure on account of river works and relieving distress during the two years ended last June. It should be stated in the first instance that certain sums have been transferred to the Shuntien Prefecture, for which the Mayor of Peking will account, and other amounts have been spent on' special matters of which separate returns have been already made. Apart from these, the disbursements. have been, is. 2,584,523.3.3,8.2.8.2.6 Tientsin copper case, strings (about three to a tael) 770,717; tribute rice, piculs 121,520; ordinary rice, piculs 7/740; mill piculs 24,963 giant millet, piculs 34,01: waded clothes, 601,432. ' The balance in bandis Tls. 441,237, od; cash, strings8,497; rice, piculs 1,848; wadded clothes 81,154 all of which will be used for future works or relief and be duly accounted for hereafter. The memorialist remarks that the floods of two years ago were for the great ness of their extent the worst ever known lin Chihli, Those in urgent need were {numbered by millions, and the local treasury was empty. But thanks to the beneficence of the Emperor, and the zeal with which other provincial authorities encouraged cullecti us, funds were raised and the calamity met ina manner which was beyond all hopes. But from the lie of the lund, the province is always liable to drought or flood, as the rainfall may happen to be small or great. After heavy rains ithe union of five great rivers' brings together a mass of water which can hardly fail to break its banks. 'Thus river works and relief are wanted alnest every vene while the proriuce is - poor, one, with an ill-supplied treasury. Judging' from the past, it is necessary to make provision for the future, The officers con-
Tongking. Five years ago he was placed cerned have therefore been cautioned to on the commission for the demarcation of /be the most sparing of the balance in the frontier; while thus engaged he caught hand and to see that not a penny of it is a bad malarial fever, and was subject to Iwasted. With the money already. spent attacks of it ever afterwards. Last year the greatest economy was practised. Charity he was inspecting the forts on the border was given nowhere till its necessity had in the month of June. Towards the end been reported by the local authorities and of July he returned home. violent verified by their superior officers. The access of fever followed, and in nine days giving was proportioned to the extremity he was dead. It is requested that he ma of the need. Boats were sent to visit the be granted the marks of His Majesty's villages which had become islands. Soup-compassion usually bestowed in cases of the kind.-—dpproved. ikitelions were placed in suitable places.
16th July. lin suumer. When the waters dried, seed The pow were clothed in winter and dosed
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