Tu, by Imperial. appointment Military Intendant of the Soochow, Sungkiany Tai-tsang circuit in the province of Kiangnan, issues the following proclamation in a matter of prohibition.
It is forbidden by law for females to enter a temple to burn incense; the Intendant is informed, however, that during the third moon of each year large numbers visit the Lung-hwa temple for that purpose, and that some even lodge there over night. females, both married and single, on those appears also that the more religious occasions when vows of abstinence are dispensed, take the.vows along with the nuns, and that males and females mingle indiscriminately together—a practice, than which nothing can be more destructive of public morals, The Intendant is therefore sending orders to the district Magistrate to inquire into and stop the abuse, and it is the Intendant's further duty to prohibit it by public proclamation. He hereby calls on military and people, one and all, to at-
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