Sept, -Chih-kang and his colleagues, the Imperial Residents at K'urun (Urga), memorialize with reference to the witl drawal of the drilled force of about 1,000 strong, which was sent some time ago from Ku-pei Kow to that point on the Mongolian frontier, They represent the number of posting stages between Urys and Kalgan is forty-six, and that th heavy demands made upon these stati for means of transport are already fai excess of the limited resources with which Tt is consequently roque that 1,400 bullock carts may be 1 hired, to transport the fuel and_provi the returning force up to th prssago through the Great Wal by rescript.
The remainder of this day's Gazette is eeupied with memorials from the literary Chancellors of Hupeh and Honaw, report ug he results of their examinations. Pee ced to the post of Governorneral of the Two Kwang, Until his Giital at his post, let Chang Chao-tang ischatye the duties of the ofice conjointly (as Governor of Kwangtung). Liu Ping-chang succeed to the post of governor of Kiangsi (2) A Decree With''reference to the leworials (istly) of Chang-shan and ingitehanin (the Manchu Commander ratief and Lieutenant-General at Canton)
orling that officers of the suite of the afd General have assumed a fictitious tug ty) of the Governor Chang Chao-pay gue committed acta of disorder 5 hare! Zeaesting that certain officials who acted ina scandalous manner be handed over to the Board for the infliction of severe penalties, and also that the Governor-General be enjoined to compel the officials who have followed him to his post to return to their respective homes; and further, tint certain officers of the suite be compelled to refund the amounts wrongfully disbursed by them; be it said that the duty incumbent upon Ying-han, Governor-General of the Two Kwang, since is nomination to that post, was manifestly lat of maintain however, h ken with him a very large at! of officers, both civil and military, including as the most trusted of their number, the Taotai Ya-keng, who has arrogated authority to himself and assumed an unwarranted position, A Decree having been issued some time ago commanding the abolition of the Wei-sing gambling lotteries at Canton, and a trader named Pan having under the altered designation of Show eu Hwei (or Association for fence and Assistance), made applicat at the Governor-General's office for i 'a syst fees, an officer named Wen Sing-jai and others have in concert, with Vu-keng instigated the Governor-General to signify is assent to the, proposal, whereupon, ithout any report having been made to Chao-tung, a proclamation was hur-forth announcing the removal of the interdict. Such conduct is tantamount to a serious dereliction of duty. That the officers who were taken to Canton by the Governor-General, without any sanction to their remaining in the province ving been applied for and obtained, should nevertheless have bad salaries and other allowances assigned to them, sets in en a still greater degree all rules at defi-Let the penalty incurred by the Governor-General Ying" is fice and come to Peking to await the by the Board; and_ lot vacate his
decision the Board will arrive at. Let pon be. determined by the Board in the case of the Taotais Yii-keng and Wen Sing-jui, and the district magistrate Ch'én Shu-shen; and let the General as all th civil and military, the guards, soldiers, and attendants who accompanied the Governor-to Canton, return to th province of An-hwei and their homes, such among them as have purchased ofice in any specified province proceeding to that province to report themselves for duty,—Let proceedings be taken for the recovery in full of the amounts disbursed as salaries to the oticers above mentioned.
(3) Let the Financial Commissioner of Lin Ohe-wang, and the Judicial Commissioner of is vacate their post wait employ: It is understood reference to thie subject of foreign missions. Ying Pao-she is well-known as a former Paotai at Shanghai).
(4) The Governor of Yinnan, Te'én soliciting Imperial sanction to mark of distinction on behalf of a lady who has attained the age of one hundred, and who has four generations of her descendants at present living. The Indy in question, a native of Foochow, iz an elder sister of the former Governor-General Lin Tsth-sit (the oncofamous Commissioner Lin), and is live in Yunnan with her grand-son, a ci officer of the provincial service, who makes the application now forwarded. She was born in 1776, and consequently (according to Chinese reckoning) has this year attained the age of one hundred. The eulogium customary in such cases is appended.—Referred by rescript for the decision of the Board of Ceremonies.
Sept. 3rd—(1 and 2) Decrees appointing Sun T-yen FRR a to the post of Finan, cial Commissioner of Hupeh; Wei Yuugkwang HIRE to the post of Judicial Commissioner of An-hwei; and Leh Fang-1 HY F7 BE to the Judicial Commissionership of Kiangsu.
(8) Tso Tsung-tang, Governor-General of Kansuh and Shensi, memorializes respecting the liberation and. restoration to their original rank of two military offcera, a Brigadier-General and a Major, who have been serving as convicts on the Mongolian frontier. They have been allowed by Desreo to perform expiatory service with the force under General Kin Yun-clang, and are now reported to have conducted themselves valiantly in attacks on rebel stockades and to have auperintended with unflagging zeal the execution of extensive fieldworks. The Decree sanctioning the remission of their sentences dates from the eud of 1871, but the fulilment of this act of grace is delayed owing to th lity of the two officers in tion to moke good, according to regulation, the "military-peat fees" B& BW which are exacted under circumstances of description, The amount required in their case is assesseed at Taels 43 per mensem for three years; and the postponement, of this ela icited.—Referred' by rescript for the decision of the Board of (4) The Governor of Chekiang, Yan, Cl'ang-sun, asks sanction to a month's congo on the ground of ill-health. Ho describes his constitution as entirely broken by the hard service he has undergone, although he is but 50 years of age, and refers to his repeated applications for leave to ro! from official life. He has put the Financial Com mer of the province in charge of the ordinary busi of his office, during the period of 8 he has taken.
Sept. 4th.—(1) A decree directing the Governor of Kiangsi to select among all the Prefects of the provincial administra-tier, @ suitable officer to fill the Profeot ship' of Nan-ch'ang Fa (the provincial capital), and to appoint Sun Feng-siang Censor on promotion) to the vacancy thus created.
(2) A decree appointing Liu Oh'wan-k'i BB) {APE to the post of Grain Comptroller of Kiangsi and Aviwei.
(8) Li Hlung-clung, Governor-General of Chilli, memorializes reporting the Ma, trate of the Sin-lo district for the followin case of crime committed within his jurisdiction. On the Sist July last, a courier from the Government of Yun other from Hupsh, while from their respective provine memorials and reports, were attacked and robbed in the district above-named, by seven armed footpads. The two boxes of despatches borne by the Yiianan courier were carried off, and the Hupeh box was hacked and injured. It is requested that a penalty be adjudged to the magistrate by the proper Boerd, Steps are meanwhile taken for the apprehension of the robbers, Sept. 5th.—(1) A decree appointing Mao Ch'ang-hi as Chief Examiner for the forthcoming examinations at Peking, and Ts'ung-k'i (father of the Into Empress), Yin Chao-yung, and Sti T'ung, as assistant (2) The Governor of Shantung reports the completion of the triennial inspection of the military forces of the Province, which was begun last year by his locum tenons, Among the constituent parts of the provincial forces mentioned, the battalion of foreign-drilled troops at Chefoo comes in fur a-meed of approval, But infantry and cavalry are declared to have shown themselves proficient in manoeuvres, and well armed. In the inspection of the
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