(1) A lengthy Mandate with reference to the importance of again surveying all cultivated lands in the' country, inasmuch as many changes in the condition of lands have taken place owing to natural and other causes, Besides many people are cultivating lands on which no tax is payable, while others are paying a burdensome tax with no land whatever to plant upon. This is a great injustice, alike injurious to the country and to the people. The Survey of lands snail begin first with the district of Peking, and then be extended to other places by degrees. Let the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ministry of Finance act in conjunction in deciding the mode of procedure in affair and request us to appoint a high official to establish a special office for the proper execution of this work, ete,
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