The municipal council of Chengtu to be abolished, az a result of the passing of a resolution at a recent Fogular meeting of the provincial government authorities. The accounts are now being wound-up, while Mr. Chung Ti-chien, the Mayor of Chengtu, Is being transferred to a secre-{arial post in the provincial government of Szechuen, The provincial government, acting instructions from the Central Government, has decided to open 4,163, short-term public schools during the 1996-1937 seal year. Two municipal and 110 city governments have contributed $440,210 towards the expenditure involved, and this sum will go to swell the fund established by the subsidies of $195,000 which is to be received from Nanking and of $200,000 from the government of Sze-
On December 4, about 300,000 textbooks which were purchased for this purpose by the Central Government arrived in Chungking, and the varlous counties have been told to send Fepresentatives to take delivery. of their books within three days of the receipt of the order.
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