With the view still before them of turning the district of Kokonor and Tasidam, in the fatare, into a Province with Sining s the capital, the Government are apparently now making a bening, as for several mouths several small officials have been employed, together with forty horse soldiers at a cost to the Government of over Tls. 500 per month inspecting ground near the Kokonor. It is scarcely likely to be profitable basines, a8 soldiers will always be needed to protect the farmers from the raids of the Tibetans; and if it was only with the intention of finding uncultivated land for a surplus of people in other congested districts. sarely plenty of ground could be teand within the district which has not beea cultivated for years owing to the decrease in the population through rebellions, where there would be no need of soldiers to protect the people. It is remarkable that as early ax the Wei Dynasty, SRB. A.D. 386—536 we fied a town established 100 miles West of aenkon or seventy-seven miles further town called Tsshhancheng, thirteen miles North-we-t of the farthest inhabited border town, where the Imperi Resident resided until the second year of Yoog Cheng #EIE A. D. 1752 whea the yamen was removed to this city.
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