Peiping, Mar. 11.
With a view to facilitating the running of provincial affairs, the Hopei Provinels] Administration has decldrestore the "Tao" system, dividing the province into. districts, according to Chinese reports.
Tt has been decided to divide Hopei into four districts,.the East Hopei district, Tientsin district, Paoting district and South Hopel district. Heads for the respective districts have been chosen and will be formally announced after the administrative commission of the Provisional Government gives its approval to the scheme and the personnel chosen.—Reuter.
Post Office receipts reached a record of $3,254,396, which represents: tu increase of no less than $1,195,510. It is interesting to note that this! increase in post office revenue ex-coeds the entire Colony surplus.
Revenue from the Kowloon Canton Railway, despite heavy anticipated Joss of business through the closure! of Shum Chun gambling establish ments, proved exceedingly buoyant. The 1996 revenue of $1,245,469 was exceeded by $52,471, despite the fact that reventie of only $1,100,150 was estimated at rhe beginning of the year.
Rent of Government Property, Land and Houses increased" from $1,245,460 to $1,725,848, and Miscel-Taneous Receipts "increased from, $077,877 to $1,199,719,
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