The sume memorialist states that he has received a petition frou the Chief Superintendent of the Fongt'ien courier servi Chi Wen, who gives a list of a large num ber of post-masters in the province, complaining of the high prices of corn-mud fodder for the last two years for the ponies in the post-stations, who t 989 in all, and the yearly expenses of which are set down Tls. 16,281. Being unable to keep these ponies strong and well under the circum. stances on the small amount allowed duily for each pony, the post-masters are compelled to ask for an advance on their regular allowances in order to buy the proper amount of corn and fodder requisite for the keeping of them in a state of ettici ency. This is all the more urgent inasmuch as by the recent establishment of so many extra disciplined regiments in the province, the relays of courier ponies are used twice as often as in former days, carrying important despatches to and fro.—Rescript Granted, Let the proper Board take wote.
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