Kaifeng, June 9, Mr, Li Wen-hao, finaneisi commissioner of the province. who went fo Nanking to attend the Nantional Finance Conference, has returned to the city. He has slated to the local press that the main resolutions, adopt-fed by the conference, are to lighten the burden of the people, adjust the land tax, and abolish all ''miscellaneous taxes, and that the $4,000,000, Which the Honan Provincial Government supplies the Central Government very year during these Years, may be abolished in the near The miscellaneous taxes in Honan Province exceed the proper tax. by '$2,800,000, but most of them are used fs educational funds. The burden of the Honan people is much lighter in comparison with that of the Shantung and Shans! people in Northern China. Throughout the whole province, the reventie of the miscellaneous taxes is about $1,470,000 per year, and more than $880,000 of the figure is used for education, He also states that the Yellow River Rehabititation loan, $2,- 000,000 in amount, has been completely settled with the Shanghat banks, but not yet signed.
Mel Lan-fang to Perform The Honan Provincial-Government has Instructed. the Reconstruction Ministry, the Educational Ministry, fand the Public Safety Bureau, to repair the Great People's theatre here in the city, a Mr. Mel Lan-fang. famous Chinese actor, is said to be about to arrive here from Shanghai, before the Dragon Boat Festival, in order to raise funds to. relieve the famine in the Yellow River flooded region in Northern Honan. The programme of Mr. Mel's performance has been announced in the local papers. Mr. Tu Fustung, head of the famine relief house here, who has been appointed as the representative of the province to welcome Mr. Mel, will return to the city with him, 'The Teachers' Association of the province has recently sent representa tives. to petition the " Educational Chi Hsing modify the regulations of the treat ment of the school teachers, with the consent of them. Mr. Chi has pro: mised to consider their petition.
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