'A certain quantity of lead is sent at intervals from Kueichou to Peking for the use of the government. The cost of forwarding it is paid by the provinces through which it passes; and they are required to have the money in readiness so that there "be no feisg when it arrives.. 'I'he Governor-General-of Szechuan reports that he has set apart the sum of Tls. 5,075, which will be handed to the official from Kueichou, as soon as he reaches the Szechuan frontier.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.