The Government has fixed standard amount of administrative expenditure per annum for every provines, reports a Peking telegram. The provinces are divided into three denominations of two grades each for the purpose of es-timoting the amount of expenditure necessary for efficient admin stration. Those of first-class importance are:—Grade I:—Chihli, Kuangtung, and Szechuan, whoee expenditure per year is fixed at $4,000,000 each. Grade LI: Kiang-ssu, Hunan and Hupeh, at $3,600, 000 each. Second-class' provinces Grade I: Shantung, Honan, Ché- kiang and Fukien, at $3,300,000 each. Grade LI: Anhui, Kiangsi, Shansi and Yunnan, at $3,000,000 each. _Third-class provinces Grade I: Shensi, Kansu, Fengtien
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