Commander-in-Chief of the Fukien' land forces, and Yang Ch'i-chen, the newly appointed Admiral of the same province, paid x" visit to Amoy on the 16th ult. the gun bent Fupo escorted by the Ful cruisers Chééu-hang and were met by all the after inspecting the forts for Ch'uanchow. Both of these high officials are natives of Hunan, BE SURE your six, &o."
A certain wealthy trader of Aimoy, who had lately bought over Tle. 10,000 worth of laud and rice fields, conspired with of the tax collectors in the district magi trate's yamen to concesl the matter from the authorities wud thus eave sume Tls. 60 lund tax a yenr. Some one, however, has reported the matter to Hsii Taotai the chief civil officer at Amoy who at once gave orders for the confiscation of the trader' private dwelling house, shop, and godowns valued at Tis, 70,000. This matter will therefore cost the conspirators some Tis, 4,000 before they will be able to remove the charge of defrauding the revenue off their shoulders, and all fur a matter of Tis. a year.
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