It is probably not generally known that a chain of roads reaching out, from Changsha was planned out during famine seasons three and four years ago and that road-build-jing has actually taken place with funds provided from famine relief bodies. Thus, the road from Siangtan to Sianghsiang is a famine-money road; and a further section of that same road is to go from Sianghsiang to Paoking, an impor-{tant city in the centre of the, province.
Another matter that will be studied by the mew body ix the survey of the district around the Tungting Lake. Some years see this area largely submerged; other seasons allow a great section to bear large crops. By a comprehen-{sive plan for conservation, the (might be greatly increased.
Thus, during 1925, if the actual [yield of the Tungting Lake area could have been conserved and added to the granaries of Hunan, instead of being allowed to leak out across the border into other pro-inces, it is probable that the famine situation would have been less severe.
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