IOI

REVENUE  AND  EXPENDITURE
salt,  supplying  Mongolia,  Kansu,  and  the  greater  part
of  Shensi.
5.  Shantung  :  sea  salt,  supplying  Shantung  and
corners  of  Honan,  Anhwei,  and  Kiangsu.
6.  Hwai  :  sea  salt  ;  for  administrative  and  distributive ­
  purposes  divided  into  :
6a.  Northern  Hwai,  supplying  the  northern  part
of  Kiangsu  north  of  the  Yangtze,  the  northern  part
of  Anhwei,  and  the  southern  part  of  Honan.
6b.  Southern  Hwai,  supplying  the  southern  part
of  Kiangsu  north  of  the  Yangtze,  and  Nanldng
south  of  the  Yangtze,  the  southern  part  of  Anhwei,
the  northern  part  of  Kiangsi,  the  eastern  part  of
Hupeh,  and  the  greater  part  of  Hunan.
7.  Szechwan  :  well  salt,  supplying  Szechwan,  the
north-east  corner  of  Yunnan,  nearly  all  of  Kweichow,
a  corner  of  Hunan,  and  the  western  part  of  Hupeh.
8.  Yunnan  :  well  salt,  supplying  all  Yunnan  except ­
  the  north-east  and  south-east  corners.
9.  Chekiang  :  sea  salt,  supplying  Chekiang,
Kiangsu  south  of  the  Yangtze  (except  Nanking),  and
corners  of  Anhwei  and  Kiangsi.
10.  Fukien  :  sea  salt,  supplying  Fukien  except  the
south-west  corner.
11.  Kwangtung  :  sea  salt,  supplying  Kwangtung,
Kwangsi,  the  southern  part  of  Kiangsi,  and  small
corners  of  Fukien,  Hunan,  Kweichow,  and  Yunnan.
A  twelfth,  self-supplying  and  consuming,  area  of
small  dimensions  in  central  Hupeh  need  not  be  considered. ­

Ihe  Hwai  Administration,  supplying  about  100,000,000
of  the  population,  is  the  most  important,  and  a  description
of  its  methods  will  suffice  for  all.  The  Viceroy  at  Nanking
is  the  direct  head,  and  under  him  is  an  army  of  controllers,
agents,  guards,  etc.,  echelonned  along  and  on  both  sides  of
the  Yangtze,  charged  with  control  of  the  traffic,  prevention
of  smuggling  and  levy  of  taxes.  Production,  transport,
and  sale  are  in  private  hands,  under  licenses  issued  by