Sept. 17th.—Ting Pao-cheng, lieut,-governorof Shantung, having reported deficit inthe accounts of district magistrate lately deceased, an edict is issued stripping the magistrate of his rank and honours and ordering his property to be distrained. He is defaulter in the sum of 6,000 taels, All the property at his official residence, must be seized, and his relatives and clerks subjected to' searching examination with a View to discover whether he embezzled the money, or merely appropriated it to some other public purpose; sentence to be pronounced according to the finding of the Court.
[The rest of to-day's Gazette is entirely occupied with memorials from the lieut.- governor of Kweichow regarding some unimportant changes among the inferior officials of that province.)
18th.—In consequence of a memorial from the lieut.-governor of Shanti edict is issued degrading several military officers belonging to that province, on account of incapacity to maintain proper discipline among their men, and other offences, (2) H. E. Yung-vii reports the destruc: tion of several trees surrounding the Imrial tombs, by a storm on. the 13th september, and requests that a commission be appointed to examine the same and have new trees planted 19th.—An edict is issued in reference to a memorial from the lieut.-governor of Honan, reporting the capture of the brigand (or rebel) Li-lu and the entire destruction of his band, and requesting honours for the officials through whose exertions these successes were achieved. After Li-lu's former defeat, he retreated with the remnant of his forces to the borders of Honan and Anhwei. Troops were sent in pursuit, and lots of his men were overtaken and cut down by the way. On the 4th September the main body was overtaken in the Kuchih district and attacked; Li-lu was made prisoner and his whole band completely exterminated. The officers who conducted the expedition deserve some notice in acknowledgment of the service thus rendered. [Here follows a list of officials, civil and military, all of whom are promoted.} (2) Lin Kwen-yi, lieut.-governor of Kiangsi, complains that in consequence of a change in the great trade route, the Customs officials find it quite impossible to make up the amount hitherto assessed on the Kan barrier and begs they be not required tomake good the deficit. "This barrier is at present rated at 84,000 taels per annum. But the intendant of circuit and the Comm: Customs report that from the of Inst year to the 5th of this, only Tls. 30,264.9.0.8 were collected at the barrier itself. In addition to this, however, the sum of Tls. 34,888.9.3.1 was collected on its account by' the Kiang Aal Kwan BA), making a total for the year of Tls. 65,153.8.3.9. From this have to be deducted Board fees, wages of employes &., to the amount of Tls. 6,682.0.9.2, leaving a net income of Tls. 68,471.7.4.7. This falling off in the
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