It was reported in local mandarin circles yesterday that Governor Tu Fang has memorialised the Throne advising that, owing to the difficulty hitherto experienced by the provincial authorities at Nanking im—properly governing the turbulent population and developing the rich mineral resources of the region known as Chiangpeh (Kiangpeh, or North of the Yangtze), the Prefecture of Heiichou, which also in-Teingkiangpu and a large portion region drained by the Grand and certain outlying portions in province, be reorganised and made into another province, with a Governor of its own, but remaining as usual " dependency of the Liangkiang Viceroyalty.
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