The state of the provincial finances, in the face of all these difficult fes, seems to be more hopeless than. fever, and the new Commissioner of ance, Mr. Hung Hsiao-chi, is at his wits? ends to find the meane for passing the approaching Mid-Autumn Festival. An enormous sum, $1,500,000, will be needed to ay the soldiers. The only way of raising funds seems to be to borrow right and left. A big loan is to sought from the banks at a heavy rate of interest. So. more But future difficulties will have to be faced by some future Finance Commissioner, and 20 the ume will go on for years to com as it has done for years gone ant, view of the scarcity Imest approaching famine tions, the officials and military leaders have agreed to strictly to curtail the usual feasting at the approaching Mid-Autumn Festival. The price of rice is still very high, and there must be a great deal of starvation already among: the Poorer cleszes.
Good Crops Expected However, one ray of brightness joomes to relieve the general fool. situation. "It was reported in yesteréay's paper that there have been
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