Superintendentof Customs, and hereditary Marquis of the 1st degree, in a postscript memorial states that in accordance with instructions received through the Grand Council on the 26th of September, 1892, reiting the Foochow Customs to supply the military exchequer of the province of Kan-ssu, which includes the New Dominion, with Tls. 200,000, owing to the urgent need of money now required in the latter named proviner 1895, in which the memorialist was allowed to send the money in three instalments, the memorialist now begs to give due notice that he has now sent by certain Chinese banks the second instaiment of Tis. €0,000 to the Provincial Treasurer of Kansu. The three instalments in question were to be sent on from Foochow during the following periods: memorialist was commanded to send the first instalment of Tls. 60,000 at any time beginning from the date of the Grand on the 16th of February, 1893; the pores Council despatch above named, and ending;
instalment of a like sum was to be sent at any time between the17th of february, 1893, and the13th of June of the same year; while the third instalment of Ts. 80,000 was to be delivered at any time after the 14th of June up to the 7th of November, 1893, Should there be any delay in sending these instalments, owing to the urgency of the matter, the Board of Revenue was commanded to denounce the officials concerned in the dilatoriness. On the other haud, however, the Governor-General of Kansu was to recommend to the Imperial favour these officials in the event of their sonding the contributions within the prescribe periods. So far memorialist was able to send the first instalment in time to Kansu, due acknowledgment of which has been already received by the Throne; but owing to the badness of the year in Foochow, the Customs authorities w unable to send the second instalment within the prescribed period, and so memorialist did on the 10th of June last implore the Imperial Grace to be allowed further time to send the so far as the third or last instalment of second instalment, promising to be prompt
Tls. 80,000 was concerned. This granted by Rescript; and now having made extra exertions by borrowing part of the required sum from the Chinese banks at Foochow, memorialist has been able to get together the Tls. 60,000 which he arranged and sent through the said banks on the 3rd of August instant, to be de-ivered to the Provincial Treasurer of Kansu at Lanchow.—Rescript: Let the Board of Revenue take note.
26th August.
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