Complains of Losing ix Lakhs Monthly Changsha, Nov. 16.
Enforcement of the opium-suppression measures in Hunan has deprived the province of a monthly revenue of from $300,000 to $600, 000, the same being the monthly receipts from the Special Tax on opium, The revenue of the province hiss also been further reduced by $200,000 monthly on account of the prohibition of the exportation of rice from the province.
According to latest reports, nan receives a monthly revenue of $600,000 from the Salt Tax and $300,000 from -Likin, the latter also on the point of abolition. Owing to various disasters in the province, the annual revenue from the Land Tax has been reduced from $3,000,000 to $2,000,000.—Kuo Min,
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