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provincial assemblies, but from ignorance of its own power, from a feeling of the inferior position in which the Govermanent regulations place it as opposed to the official party, from want of experience, and, above all, from lack of available funds, so far little more has been achieved than to create a gathering centre for public interest in the affairs of the public.
Under 500
750
34
1.000
2,500
5.000 Over 5,000
14
for every 1,000 taels
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51
10.0 taels 18.0 15 0
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20 0 44 25.0
2.0 21
335
Annex 1.
Matters discussed in Chekiang Provincial Assembly.
Afforestation (dropped).
Agriculture: improvements in.
Camphor: proposed official monopoly of production and sale of.
It was proposed that, as camphor is used in the manufacture of explosives and the people should therefore not be allowed to make it, all the old camphor works in Chekiang be bought up; that a central and local bureaux be opened under official control, to which all camphor produced must be sold, and who alone can resell it. Every camphor factory must take out a licence. This scheme was calculated to cost 80,000 dollars, to be raised from 800 shares of 100 dollars each, which foreigners- might not purchase.
Camphor to be exported under transit pass, as arranged under the Kiangsi camphor rules.
Census for Chekiang: proposes taking of a.
Corvée commutations: recommends abolition of.
Criticism of assembly by newspapers: objects to.
Currency: recommends the extension of use of Chinese dollars throughout the
province.
Copper coins: objects to governor misrepresenting to Treasury that these are not at a discount.
Distress: reform of relief regulations.
(Provincial assembly accuses official clique of planning their own interests and
neglecting those of the people.)
Expenses unconnected with the province to be discontinued.
Forms, legal (ef. "Litigation ").
Gambling: recommends prohibition of.
Gypsum: recommends that a company for the exploitation of gypsum be opened at Ying-cheng.
(At this place the Shanghae municipal council quarries its supply of stone for road-making, &c., under a lease from the local authorities which has yet seven years to run, but which the council have already been notified will not be renewed.)
House tax (cf. "Police.")
Land: (a) recovery of common lands; (b) recovery of the areas at Paoshih Shan and Mokan Shan occupied by foreigners and illicit sale of property; (c) opening up of waste land; (d) waste land held by Manchu garrison at Hangehow to be made into a market place (defeated).
Land tax, improvements in collecting: tax to be paid according to (recommends).
Li-kin: to be paid in dollars instead of in cash (recommends). Litigation-expenses and court fees :---
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All official forms to be printed by and obtained from the Official Paper Régie. Fee stamps to be affixed as follows:-
In civil cases-
Under 10 faels
20
31
1
50
+1
70
100
250
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0-8 taels
0.6 23
1.5
34
2.2
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3.0
+
6.5
*
>
Stamps to these amounts to be affixed to plaintiff's petition.
In criminal cases: in cases involving a death penalty expenses of all kinds to be paid by the court.
Minor criminal cases to be treated as civil cases under 100 taels.
Petty criminal cases to be treated as civil cases under 50 taels.
Copying expenses: every 100 words, including paper, 5 caudareens.
Serving summonses: within 10 i (3 miles), 1 mace; for every extra li,
5 candareens. Travelling and hotel expenses extra.
Serving warrants: expenses to be fixed by court after hearing,
Expenses of witnesses to be borne by person calling them: for each appearance
if residing within 10 li, 5 mace; for every additional li, I mace.
Expenses of marshals, runners, &c., going into the country: inside of 10 i,
5 mace; for every extra li, 1 mace. Hotel and travelling expenses extra. After trial the court may in every case make an order re expenses.
Lotteries: recommends abolition of.
Mining: a police for the supervision of mines to be instituted. Naval construction: recommends postponement of.
Newspapers recommends the closing of two for attacking the assembly.
Opinn recommends opening of official boiled opiun bureau, and the suppression
of private shops selling raw and boiled opium (see Annex 2).
Paper régie: recommends abolition of, as interfering with private enterprise and substituting inferior foreign for durable native paper.
Parliament, Central: seven members elected to, viz. :--
Ch'en Ching-ti
Yu Ching-ch'ing Cheng Chi-ping
Wang Ting-yang Shao Hsi
Wang Tso
Tao Pao-lin..
Votes.
89
75
70
65
59
58
56
Police annual house taxes, which amount to 167,900 dollars per annum, and are
at present allocated to the Indemnity Fund, and the expenses of the old territorial troops, which amount to 20,000 dollars per annum, to be applied to police up-keep.
(NOTH.-The pay of constables is here given as 6-7 dollars per mouth and their number for Chekiang at 12,000. This expenditure, of which sum there is to hand 190,340 dollars besides house tax and army funds above mentioned, being too heavy, their numbers to be reduced 10 per cent., and also all odd numbers over tens to be discarded.)
Expenses of maintaining officials' guards and of beadles also to be converted to up-keep of new police.
Provincial assembly, members of (names not given). Members' expenses (discussed).
Mode of address by governor, whether by despatch or by orders: publication of orders on provincial matters; in newspapers to be on broader lines. Public exclusion of from meeting of provincial assembly.
Reception by local officials of high officials, abolition of expenses incurred for (dropped).
Schools: (a) for simplifying Chinese writing, to be established in all districts; (6) private schools, improvement of; (c.) sixty elementary schools to be opened ; (d) training schools for teachers to be opened; no teachers to be employed in schools but those who have graduated from these training schools; (e) industrial institutes to be opened; (f) examination of expenses of Chekiang students sent to study in other provinces.
Silk: improvement of silk industry.
Treaty, new Chino-Japanese: objects to (vetoed).
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