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There are also local revenues from the Wine and
racco, Stamp, Land, and minor taxes, which are insuff-
ient to meet the needs of even the local administration.
ose interested in the maintenance of law and order
the capital are chiefly concerned about the lack of
her to meet the police and educational expenses, for
1ch 2500,000 and $300,000 respectively per month are
Trosed to be required. The Legations and Banks interested
the Salt revenues have been approached with a proposal
or monthly advances of 8800,000 for a period of six
tre, to be repaid by the Banks recouping themselves
of the Salt surplus passing through their hands at
end of that period. The scheme, which is promoted by
ominent statesmen nominally unconnected with the present
litical situation, such as Patung Fai-ling, Wang Ta-
Heh, and Sun Pao-ch'1, contemplates these advances being made
at to the Ministry of Finance but to a non-official
itted, which would supervise the expenditure of the
nds for police and educational purposes, if necessary
Ith foreign co-operation, repayment being at the same
me guaranteed by the Government, after the manner of the
mine Relief Loan of a few years ago. These proposals
lustrate the depths to which the Central Government has
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