Department, at Poipch, has discovered a large coal seam in Yunchuan, which said to consist of thirteen layers, the thickest of these being about eight feet in depth. Its quably is reported to be excellent, "and the area covered Is 8,000/7,000 square Li. Mr. Li is to make g suggestion to the Commissioner of Re-construction that the Provincial Government should take over control of the mine, and exploit it by modern methods, connection with the proposed abolition of the ten salt works in North Szechuen an investigation recently made by salt officials shows that there are 72,000 labourers direct ly connected with this enterprise, and that the number of those in-Aireetly connected with it is about '280,000, so that the closure of these works will entail throwing about 350,000 persons out of employment.
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