Cheng Pih, President of the Ministry of Posts and Commanications, contemplates taking over the adm of the Imperial Chinese Posts from Imperial Maritime Customs, following are some of his suggestions (1) To appoint a French subject as Postal Advisor who will perform his duties under the control of the Ministry of Posts and Communications.
(2) To remove the Inspectorate-General of Chinese Imperial Posts to the Ministry of Posts and Communications.
(3) To establish postal schools in Peking and the provinces under the instruction of foreign experts, for the training of young men for future service, The Ministry of Finance has memorized the Throne with reference to the loss in revenue which must be produced by the carrying out of the anti-opium programme. It proposes, therefore, that the barden of the Boxer Indemnity should be borne by the' Ministry of the Tuterior instead of by the Ministry of Fin it the 1st day of moon (July 28) an additional tax of four cash should (4) To establish a house for the manufacture of stamps. The factory Iso be used for the printing of railway tickets.
LU YUAN-TING, Ca-Director of the Imperial Assembly, has been granted Imperial sanction to resign his post owing to indisposition, Lu was formerly Governor of Kiangsu and was recalled to Peking last year. be levied upon each catty of salt throughout the Empire; that half of the money derived therefrom should be paid to the provinges where salt ix produced: and that the other half should be handed over to the Ministry of Finance, [t is stated that the sum of Tls. 5,000,000 can thus be obtained annually.
July 10. court.
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