It is reported that the official estimate of the cost of repairs to the Imperial offices, temples, and palaces five million taels.
The estimate for repairing the roads for the return of the Court to Peking through Honan and Chihli is an additional three millions.
While the United States is opposed to an increase in' the Customs tariff, Mr. Rockhill is instructed to assent to it in deference to the universal wish for a speedy conclusion of the negotiations.
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