Shang! strate reported to the It appears that some time ago the
high authorities on the scheme of rebuilding the prisons in the city and submitted maps and estimates, according to which over Tls. 30,000 is needed to execute the change. A sum of Tls. 15,000 had been appropriated, and the Magistrate applied for the loan of another Tis, 10,000, which will be secured on some land, to be sold for repayment, The Governor in Soochow has seen fit to grant the request and has ordered the Taotai to pay the required Tis, 10,000 and also to effect the sale of the land in question.
March LI.
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