Some time ago Te Hsing received orders from Peking to issue stringent instructions to those concerned to remit without fail at ne date the Tls. 360,000 subsidy payable by the province of Kiangsi during the 19th year of Kuang Hsii towards the cost of administration in Kansu. It was to go forward in three instalments, namely three-tenths at the end of the 12th moon of the current year, three-tenths at the end of the 4th moon, and the remainder at the end of the 9th moon.
It was pointed out by him at the time that there would be extreme diticulty in getting the whole amount ready at the specified dates and he asked for extension and also that sanction be granted to pay two-thirds of the amount out of the land tax and likin revenue and the remainder out of the grain transport funds as before.
He now states that owing to the distance of Kansu from Kiangsi it would be advisable to send the amounts by bank draft instead of by a weiyiian, and he has given orders for the first instalment of Tls. 50,000 to go forward in that way and the bankers have agreed that within 14 days the amount will be in the hands of the Governor-General of the Shenkan provinces.—Let the Board of Revenue take note.
6th April.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.