henchang.

Art. 8. A Provincial Council shall be organized to assist the Shenchang
to enforce the administrative measures, and it shall be responsible to
the Provincial Assembly for same.

This Council shall be composed of all the Departmental Chiefs, and five
members elected out of the Provincial Assembly. It shall discuss the
Bills on Budget, on administration, and on the organization of police
forces, submitted by the Shenchang.

Art. 9. If one member of the Council be impeached by the Provincial
Assembly, the Shenchang shall replace him, but if the whole body of the
Council be impeached, the Shenchang shall either dissolve the Assembly
or dismiss all his Departmental Chiefs. In one session the Assembly
shall not be dissolved twice, and after two months of the dissolution,
it shall be convened again.

Art. 10. The organization and election of the Provincial Assembly shall
be fixed by law.

Art. 11. The Provincial Assembly shall have the following duties and
powers: (a) It may pass such laws as allowed by the Constitution. (b) It
may pass the bills on the provincial Budget and Accounts. (c) It may
impeach the members of the Provincial Council. (d) It may address
interpellations or give suggestions to the Provincial Council. (e) It
may elect Members for the Provincial Council. (f) It may attend to the
petitions submitted by the public.

Art. 12. A Magistrate shall be appointed for each hsien district to
enforce administrative measures. He shall be appointed directly by the
Shenchang, and his term of office shall be three years.

Art. 13. The Central Government shall hold examinations in the provinces
for candidates for the Magistracy. In a province half of the total
number of magistrates shall be natives of the province and the other
half of other provinces; but a native shall hold office of Magistrate
300 _li_ away from his home.

Art. 14. The organization for the legislative organ of the hsien
district shall be fixed by law.

TARIFF REVISION IN CHINA

The following is a translation of a memorandum prepared by the Ministry
of Agriculture and Commerce regarding abolition of likin and an increase
of the Customs duties:--

THE MEMORANDUM

"Disproportionate taxation on commodities at inland towns and cities
tends to cripple the productive power of a country. Acting upon this
principle, France in the 17th, England, America, Germany and Austria in
the 18th Century abolished such kind of taxation, the Custo