was shot throught the thigh, tations by the British Consulate the lose Admiral behaved exceedingly well—paid Mr, Lawson Hall the men-of-war downstream and punished shooting. On 20 the announcement was made of John MacMurray as Ame 22 the fine A.P.C.
inch Anlan, used on the Chungking run, turned turtle near Ichang: a total loss, though no lives lost.
On July 21 43 tons gunpowder exploded, 1925 the revenue was Hk. Tls. 69,865,000 equivalent at the average rate of exchange to 12,190,000 as compared with £12,741- 000 in 1923 n exchange was uniform-Shanghai's contribution show-ase as compared wi 1,524,000. while Tientsin and Chin-
6,000—a clear lesson joss of life, if any, was new On July 23 floods were reported eking district and some streets of On August 19 Palmer, an American, was the ranch he was encourage husbandry and cattle in Heilunekiang and his camp: advantages of disorder and is toms controlled by' spector-General nette:
wwe of Tls. 494,700 ov ims for foreign loan: including the Howard waa not freed ill September 27. On August 20, Bishop Mowil its. Donnithorne and little daughter Major Iles and the Mise: field and Settle were carried off and domestic loans mana ged by the Inspector General were fully met. demption payments of the Consolidated Debt are one year in arrears.
The Salt Gabelle r $79,544,000, a decrease compared with $9,001,000. Of this 33,466,000 was retained by the provinces not including what Canton kept. The re-Chinese Government was $64,700,000, but this is a book entry as the annexations of salt money by meant that Pet The salt figures for 192: are not yet available, but there is little expectation that they will show any improvement, rather the rever:
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