duly 1st.—An edict is issued in reference to a memorial from Tseng-pi-kwang, lieut-governor of Kwei-chow and Chow-ta-wu, reporting the extermination of the rebels in the southern parts of the province, the capture of their leaders, the re-taking of Pachai and other cities, and requesting honours for those officers, living and dead, who distinguished ves during the campaign. The. Kwei-chow rebel Blinotsz occupying Kwei-ting, Ping-youth, Eng-an, Ting-fan, and other cities, having been attacked' by Lieut-General Ho Shit-hwa, were routed with great slaughter, their leader, who is presumptuously " styled "King" Pan-te-hung, and some scores of others, were taken alive, and were at once beheaded. The cities lying to the east of Fuyiin, viz., Pa-chai, Shang-chiang, Hsia-chiang, San-chia have also been retaken, through the assistance of the friendly Minotsz. Tseng-pi-kwang and Chow-ta-wu are ordered to follow up these victories by utterly exterminating every rebel in the country. They should also carry the war into the Miaotsz borders and make a clean sweep of these (Gore follows a list of the officers who took a distinguished part in the campaign. Each one is either promoted, or decorated with some higher title).
The rest of to-day's Gazette is taken up with reports from the lieut-governors of Kvang-#i and Anhui, on the character and ability of several officials who have just completed their year's probation. reports that on the 11th January last, ho Ind,—Yuen-pao-hong, grand secretary, received a despatch from the lieut-general commanding the Liang-chow garrison, (Kansuh) representing the distressed state hig troops, and requesting that month hould be appropriated to the garrison, out allowance of $000 taels, aa hitherto, of the Szechuen relief fund. the Szechuen viceroy Wu-tang, in two recent despatches, Btates, that the Liang-chow portion of the relief fund has been paid up to November 1868. Up to that date he had sent to Liang-chow 25,000 taels.
Order in Council Feb. of fifty or sixty thousand taels was grant aussi relief fund, in payment of the arrears on salary, due to the Linngchow garrison for the past five years. The Szechuen subscription towards the relief of Kansuh is properly 40,000 taels a month, The sum due therefore on account of 1869 and 1870, including the intercalary month, is 1,000,000 taels; of this, 130,000 taels have already been paid to the commissary
ing 870,000 taels still due. Allowing 5,000 of the Western Army of subjugation, levy, taels a month to the Liang-chow troops, the sum owing them for 1869 and 1870, includ-
Wittangreportathathe has sent 15,000 taels i ug the intercalary month, is 125,000 taels. to Liang-chow. The sum still due to Liang-chow therefore is 110,000 taels. The lieut.- general of Liang-chow was directed to sond an official to Szechuen to receive that ised amount. Wu-tang reports that, the envoy. sent, has received 10,000 taels by way of instalment, and that 20,000 have been paid to the general fund. The remaining 100,000 taels will be paid in successive instalments, will the whole has been cleared off.
Srd.—An edict is issued in consequence of a memorial from Generals Ting-an and in-shun, re] the complete subjugation of Hwui-fei (Mahomedan rebels, to the west of Ning-hsis, Kansuh, and recommending to the notice of the Throne those officers who have-taken a conspicuous part in the war. The troops under the command of Chin-shun and Chang-yao having driven the rebels from Wang-chia-twen, Tung-chang, and Tung-kwei, the only place of importance still in the hands of the enemy, was Na-chia-cha. This place was strongly fortified and was the general refuge for the rebels driven from other quarters. Generali Chin-shun and Chang-yao by working incessantly for two nights and two days, cut a trench round the place, so as to prevent escape. They also made a secret treaty with some friendly Mahomedans in the enemy's camp, to assist in assaulting the place on the 3rd June ulto. The rebels fought desperately; but after
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