Kweichow is a province of hills, mostly of a rocky nature; consequent. ly the sell is generally much poorer than, say, In'Szechuen, A few years ago, 'a British visitor who had spent Some years in southern South America told me that the hills would make excellent pasture lands for cattle and that, given railway éranportation-to other provinces, cattle raising should prove a good specula-ton for those prepared to try it, Hitherto, a good deal of Injustice has been done to the farmers in that fields have been taken by the authori. les "without compensation for road building and the poorer farmers required, in addition, to give free labour the building of them. In addition, I know of one district at any rate, (probably there are many more) where the farmers, after losing he Jand, have still been required to pay the grain tax in full without any allowance for the land lost to them. These are abuses which it is to be hoped will soon be rectified.
In a recent number of the "North~ China Daily News" it was reported prominent Chinese representa conference of legal experts in Vienna, slated that the Chinese Jaws are now as good as, In some respects better, than those in Western lands. 'They' may be on paper, but what of the administration of these laws? That leaves very much to be wished for.
The telegraph system in this provyinee has been greatly improved during the last year or two, and the telephone system is also being put into operation even in some of the smaller cities. Owing to the military s0 often monopolizing the lines, there a lot of inconvenience 4o the general public but we may reason ably hope that these drawbacks wil gradually be set right,
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