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From which must be deducted the contingent
maintained by the British government 7,741

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The body Of Redifs having been placed, as regards
pay and atons, upon the same footing as the regu-
lar troops; deduction made Of Go 600 Of permanent
outlay for the list placed on the budget, there re-
mains an expense of FL ,7l00 600.
The increase OF the expenses Of the corps of ar.
tillery and militia # 1872 men, which in times of
peace is sedentary, and is now modified, forms a
surplus OF l5 Alt purses, (f56 ,0OO).
For the maintenance OF the Egyptian force OF
23a3l men from the month OF August to March l3,
1866 the 81 534 purses (fllS ,000) Is demanded
For the force Of 1000 Ottoman Cossacks up to
March l3, 5000 purses (flS,O00) are demanded.
For 4s5 Tartar horsemen for the whole year, G,247
pulses, {f23000).
expenses, and others, according to document an
nex.d, would be for the year 1892 purses (f5i5,
COY.
For the army of Georgia, the accounts not having
yet been sent in by Omer Pasha, the return OF the
expenses will be sent in later.
For the Redifs and other chapters the sum amount
ing to 666 purses, 000), and the deficit on
the budget of the Nzam Irregular troops) to los 1874
purses f4O0 000 the war requires, besides the ordi
Iary bu dPet, I'll los purses, (f2 ,850,00O).
An approximate calculation must be made that
the Ministries Of Marine and Artillery will want
800 900 purses, Gel 000) and for the eventual
expenses of the war, 100000 purses, (f370 ,000).
Such, then is the general state OF affairs regards
the wants Of the war; it proves that, with few extra
binary resources, vigorous war was kept up for
two years and q half and the allowances demanded
cannot but appear moderate. The Treasury, forced
to forward to the detriment of other branches
Of the service to help the necessities Of the struggle
finds Itself in the urgent want of making good tn ,se
to regulate its accounts. AS the estimates
presented to the board will only cover the four
months which remain till the month Of March, the
government proposes to the board to concert
measures for adopting for the future estimates such
method Of payment that means will never be want
ing to carry on the war with vigor and ease.
The Ministry will send in . monthly report to the
board Of the employment of the funds received from
it, for the approval Of the expenses specified.
The Ministers of War and the other heads Of the
service having assured the government Of his Ma
jesty the Sultan that this system will allow him to
taIIy on al branches OF the service for one year,
il will not be necessary to have recourse to othe
frds.
1t is urgent in conclusion to call the attention Of
The hoard to the necessity OF taking energetic mea
s,rs to suppress stockjobbing on the rate of ex.
changes, which is Of the greatest prejudice, an
tautes very considerable losses.
rho Population OF China,
We may with toerable safety estimate the present
population of the Chinese empire at between $50
900 0G0 and 400 900 900 of human beings. The con
slant Flow Of emigration from China contiasted win
he complete absence Of immigration INTO China, IL
striking evidence of the redundancy OF the popua-
ton; for though that emigration is almost wholly
conired to two provinces, namely, kwantung and
Fookien, representing together population OF pro-
badly from 100000 to IS 100000 am disposedtc
tl,k that number nearer 3,0O0,0 900 than 2,0O00c0
fom those provinces alone are located In foreign
countries. In the kingdom Of Siam it is estimated
that there are ut least q million and half OF Ch-
rese of which 900 are in the capital (Bangkok)
They crowd all the islands of the Indian Archipea-
go. In Java, we know by correct census, there are
1876 COO. Cochin China teens with Chinese. In this
colony we are seldom without one, two, or three yes
tes taking Chinese emignnts to California and other
places. Multitudes 80 to Australia, to the Philip
pines, to the Sandwich Islands, TO the western coast
If Central and Sot them America; some have made
their way to British India The emigration to the
British West Indies has been considerable-to the