in first and foremost in everybody's mind. Even now many of our patients and some of our own people are beginning to have the characteristic swollen face. "The price n is now double its usual standard. iIt did not get this dear until March Inet season. The temple where official rice is Haold is crowded all day long. There are daily injuries resulting from the rush and jam. However, this is but the beginning of; sorrows. The spring months will pinch far worse. To add to the anxiety and trouble the country is bordering on a atate of anarchy. By Imperial favour the taxes are not to be collected this year. This is a boon to the people but it puts their rulers in a predicament. A magistrate onl: gots Tls. 1,400 salary. 'This is not enough! for hi ro. secretaries, let alone the expenses of messenger-service, gaol, guar End incidentals "He usualig' has Costar perquisites obtained by some sleight of hand from the Imperial revenues. "Now th source of supply is gone, And to make his case worse the discontented and wretched are constantly swelling the robber bands. Many nightly raids are made and daily some men are caught and sent to the magistrate to be condemned. To decapitate a man requires time and money. The magistrate has some of the latter 60 he gets out of his difficulty in
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