Likin dues can be paid through not only to the north of this pro: vinea, but right on to Chowkiakow, say, in Honan. A couple of cash per bundle is necessary at the other likin stations to get the receipt "chopped." The tax for this province is 15 per cent. plus six cents or thereabouts for catas at the Jace where likin is paid. A double impost is charged for a through pass to Hono Hundreds of thousands of brooms leave these dis. tricts every April and May. Good profits are made on them as will be seen from the highest price T have heard of at Chengyangkwan The old Chinese Bund this spring, viz., $2.20 per bundle which at most cost only $1, while the 21} mentioned above runs out about fivefold the original out-
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