Scheme to Spend $50,000,000 in Laying Qut Nanking Nanking, Aug. 1, A sum of $50,000,000 will be required for the reconstruction of Nanking as the National Capital, according to an estimate of the National Reconstruction Committee.
The plan provides that the Central Treasury will be responsible for '$15,000,000; the remaining $35,000,- 000 to be contributed by the various provinees. The entire amount to be remitted to the Committee at stated periods in five years, Messrs, Liu Chi-wen, Li Tsung-huang and Chen Kwang-pu have Been appointed members of the Examination Committee in charge of the city-planning scheme, A scheme to construct a network of highways throughout the country is also under consideration by the Committee, In view of the fact that the casket containing the remains of Dr. Sun Yat-sen will soon be removed to the Mausoleum at the Capital, preparations are being made for the construction of a high. way leading directly from kuan to the Mausoleum," The authorities expect that the read will be completed within two months. A sum of $1,600,000 has already been appropriated to meet the cost of construction.—Kuo Men,
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