Peking, July 6. apt ix to the effect that the Chinese Government has only consented to consider two of the French, demands, viz., the pay-
Ministry of Finance ion to increase the prive wy four cash (not copper cents) per catty throughout the Empire, with a view to finding money to repince the revenue which will sven he lost to the Chinese Government by the abolition of in Chien. Tt estimated that about Tls. 5,000,000 may be collected from this source every year; half of this amount isto be sent up to the Ministry for the use of the Central Goxernyvontia Poking, while the remain-
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