Further Money Sent to Kiangsi and Szechuan Peking, Apr. 12.
The Central Famine Relief Department has telegraphically informed Genera] Chen Kuang-yuan, Tuchun of Kiangsi, that the Financial Commission has been instructed to send $16,000, drawn from the Customs Famine Surtax, to the International Famine Relief Committee in Kiangsi for famine The Famine Relief Department has sent another telegram to tha Provincial Assembly, Chambers of Commerce and Educational Asso-dations of Szechuan, informing these bodies that the Financial Commission has been directed to remit $147,000 from the same surtax fund for the relief work ju Chengtu and Chungking.—Reutre.
A conference of officials representing the Chinese Government Railways, the South Manchuria Railway and the Imperial Japanese Railways is to be held at Peking at the beginning of next month. This will be the 10th conference of its kind, and its purpose is to consider proposals to increase traffic and travelling facilities especially on through trains. The average revenue from through traffic on the lines concerned over the past four years has been $208,000 per annum.
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