is rather overwhelming to consider the plain unvarnished statement by Mr. Cheng Ching-yn, reconstructional commissioner of the province, which is to the eff calculates the chances at "ninety BEE 086 likely "that, the Yellow ver will" this summer burst of the outlying districts of Hus Sent sencetully worded petitions Changyuan and Puyang have. all
the political authorities of Honan, Chili shantung requesting them to, fill up the neglected breaches "as soon as possible."
According to Mr. Fu Pu-cheng, engineer of the National Economic many as 79 branches ought to be dredged in this province. Of these, nineteen are in the northern part of the province, six in the south and the remaining 64 in eastern Honan. The total length of these branches estimated at more than 2,770 Kilometers and a. sum of over ired. That this plan jo economic from benefits to accrue that, the farming value for the arca along the Hueichi River in eastern Honan expected to be increased by $13,000,900 and the annual revenue of the local Government Salt Bureau also be increased by $2,000,000 as the salt lands will become arable
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