Statistics reveal that the number of births in the city during March was 258; and that of deaths, 137. The total number of the population is about 230,000, Other statistics show that the number of the newly opened shops in the city during February was 63, and that of the old shops that closed up was 52.
Heavy taxes are imposed upon salt by the authorities in the province. {Last month, one catty of salt cost ten cents, but was raised to fifteen cents, beginning from this month. The money, raised from the tax, is said to be for the building of the Yellow River dykes.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.