Shantung, with reference to the disburse-
on account of the Shantung Arsenal at ments made by the Provincial Treasurer Tsinanfu and the work done by it during 1891. There were made during the year under review by the Tsinan or Shantung Arsenal 88,960 catties of various kinds of gunpowder; 1,394,960 cartridges; 42,000 fustts for field artillery; 200 shells; 200 steel tubings for field artillery; 1,300 solid shot for field artillery; 211,000 Mauser rifle bullets; 330,000 Winchester and Spencer seven-shooter cavalry carl bullets; 27,000 Martini rifle bullets and 805,000 leaden bullets for ordinary muzzle-loading muskets. In addition to the above-named ammunition there were made by the said Arsenal one large furnace as well as sundry additions to the works itself. A number of firearms and field guns pelon; ing to the-v Dattations of the province were also mended by the Arsenal authorities, as well as a quantity of new ammunition eases turned out. The expenses for the above as well as what has been spent for the purchase of saltpetre, sulphur, copper, lead, steel, and iron from abroad and at home, and the salaries and wages of the skilled mechanics, director, and staff, ete., belonging to the above establishment for the year 1891 amounted to Tls. 19,199 odd passed to the account of the Board of Revenue; Tls. 6,607 odd passed to the account of the Board of War; and Tls. 18,949 odd passed to the account of the odd which has been passed to the account of the three Boards above-named. -—Rescript: Let the Boards concerned take note.
14th July.
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