Mr. Jamieson, the American Engineer, who has been at the head of the relief works in the inundated districts of the Lower Yangtzs Valley during the last few months, has submitted to the Chinese Government a scheme providing for an elaborated system of dykes in the Provinees of Kiangsu and Anhui, the carrying out of which requires a sum of $17,000.000 and work during six consecutive years, Mr. Jamieson calculates that about six million mow of cultivable land will be gained by the dykes, whereby the cost of the scheme will be more than covered.
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