Tchoufu has a newly-established office, a sort of a collectorship of internal revenue. Distilleries are taxed heavily to help pay Shantung's increased expenses arising from the payment of indemnities and allied war expenses, and it is the business of this office to collect such tax in the seven hsiens of the Ichoufu prefecture. Ch'en Kung-Tinng, who as our magistrate three years ago proved a reliable friend of the foreigners in the beginning of Shantung's troubles, and who lost his position because of his ro-foreign attitude then, has been placed charge. Tt is sid that 10,000 taels are being raised in this hsien from this source alone.
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