Kweiyang, May 2.
The first meeting of the Teorganized Kweichow Provincial Rellet Commis sion was held yesterday under the chairmanship of Lieut.-Ger Tecchin, a member of th Provincial Government, It was decided to employ $140,000 for urgent drought relief, Of this sum, $100,000 are from the Central authorities, and $40,000 from the Pro-¥inelal Réllet Reserve Fund—Kuo Min, Nanking, May 4.
The Bxecutive Yuan remitted $100, 000 to Kweichow yesterday for urgent drought relict. 'This sum was in. addition to $330,000 previously remitted, 'Comprehensive measures of drought relief in Szechuen, Kweichow, Kans and Honan are being"devised' by the eral Relief Commission,—Kuo Min Stechuen Measures 'Chengtu, May 4, In view of the gravity of the raught situation in' Szechuen, Provincial "Government has decide suspend, the collection of th Farm Tax. throughout the" province uring: the four months of May, June, Suly and August.
During this period, a strict xetrenchment policy wil! be adopted by the various military and administra ive organs, which depend on. th Farm Tax for their annual subsidies which amount to $80,000,000; The subsidies that will be sacrificed dur-{ng the next four months will amount to $20,000,000, Measures for making up this dofleit are being devised by the Provincial Department of, Finance, Mr. Cheng Ching-sheng, representative of the Ministry of Finance, who has been supervising the distribution of relict among the drought" victims in Kweichow, arrived at Chungking yesterday—Kuo Min, $2,000,000 emitted"
Nanking, May 5.
According to an offclal communtque issued by the Szechuen Provin" lal "Government, 62,000,000 have boon remitted thus' far to 141 Grought-stricken districts vith a {otal population of 30,180,470, classi-oda follows "most severely stricken". opus of Net Se, "other geet with
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