The Kwangtung Provincial Government learned yesterday of the Central Government's decree exempting Porters from paying half of the usual uty on rice from foreign countries. The other half the Provincial Government will be obliged (o pay. This lution was deemed expedient lest other provinces petition for a reduc ton of duty on rice.
On every picul (100 cattles, of 13% pounds) the importer previously had {o pay about $4 Canton currency. The saving to him with the local Govern ment assuming half of the tax, there~ fore, ig Just about $2, Tee who salers yesterday cabled to Annan and Siam for now stocks; 400,000 piculs were ordered during the 4 Probably Kuangtung will jot have remit anything to Nanking because fof tg assumption of this obligation: The Customs will inform the Central Government what is due it, and credit will likely be given Kwanglung as an offset to several accounts owing this province by the Government.
The Railway Ministry has Me structed the Canton-Hankow Rallroad to reserve 30 goods vans for the transport of rice to be delivered to this city from Changsha, Nothing as yel has been heard about the applic ion of tee committe for a reduction of the freight rate on this com= teachers and shopkeepers, are being {rained in frst ald' work, Many other nativities come under the supervision of the Bureau, but next in importanes to what has been mentioned "is the rural work, The Washing CHuchow) hsien is divided Into seven districts, in each of which it is) planed eventually to have a fully equipped health station, Up to the present four stations have been opened. These are visited every week by Dr, Yao, who holds clinics and eats patients, Each station is provided with a nurse and a midwife. The nurse follows up Dr. Yao's linies, and herself holds elmies every forenoon; in the afternoon she visits the villages for similar work. Over 17,000 patients were treated in these stations during the past yea Like many other good enterprises the work of the Health Bureau. hampered by lack of money, Its present income being about $7,000 a year. Of this sum $3,000 is given by the Central Government; $3,600 realized by sale of the city's night sell and something comes in from the medical work. All in all it seems that Huchow has made-an excellent beginning in its task of establishing fan effective public health service,
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