'The Viceroy at Nanking presents a memorial, recommending that the land tax this' year Lo remitted or post poned in very many districts of northern kiangsu, where the harvest from a variety of causes was much below the average amount. In Kiangning Fu, Yangchow Fu and Huaian Fu bright sunny weather prevailed during the spring and summer. The rice fields on the higher ground suffered greatly for want of moisture; and the rain, when at lust it fell, was too lute to revive the plants. As autumn came on there was
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