June 15th.—(1) Edict, appointing Examiner and Assistant-Examiner for several provinces, in anticipation of the approaching examination.
(2) Along report from the authorities of Hu-peh on the trial of and award given in respect to a blue-peacock-feathered expectant Captain, Chu Chia-wei—having titular rank of major, and others who were guilty of passing themselves off as Special Service officials, charged with the suppression of the use of spurious case, and of unlawfully seizing certain monies from one Kiang Kwang-lin, at a place near Hankow. The affair occurred a year and a half ago, and has been referred to before in the Gazette, Chu Chia-wei, who had been stripped of his rank some time since by Imperial command, pending investigation, i and nd_punishment in different degrees is sted out to his confederates.
(8) The Governor-General of Szechuen, Wu-tang, reports on the yearly examinatic of expectant officials within his juriadi tion.
June 16th.—(1) An edict, promoting several officials for their success in opera ions against Annan insurgents i) Kwang-'The "Chen" district of Pau-loh JH, it appears, was invaded or disturbed by Annanese rebel chiefs, Hwang-toring-ying and others, and the Taotai, Ghan-yan, led a force into Nin-tala AS, Neoran IRE and other strong points, held by the insurgents, The entrenched towns of 'TYung-wen, 'Tyau-chen, and Cha-ping and Ti-ling and other' places were one after another reduced, and a considerable number of rebels exterminated one of the chiefs, Liu-awe-sing, being, besides, shot during the action, In another expedition, undertaken by the army under the command of Liu-yn-cheng, into the country around Pai-she fective service was also done, and the vicinity of Liang-shan Bal thereby cleared of rebels, The olticials concerned are deemed to have established claims to reward and a long list of promotions follows.
(2) Ying Kwei-teng and others report on certain delinquencies said to have been committed by Imperial claus-men, 'Tani-ying and others, near Tientsin, About ten of them, armed with knives and cudgels, it appears, set upon' and eat a native of tientain, Tung Man-lan, en route for Peking. They seized money and took away by force a llew-traveller, Chao-chen, and him to write' an order for the to the Imperial-clan Protect and the Criminal Boa (3) Wen-chi, the comptroller of Impo-Silk manufactures at Hang-chow, po-titiens, praying that the recount order ro-quiring all manufactures to be, supplied at, the old regulation prices be" rescinded. The nurture of silk worms is represented, to have not yet obtained the scale of magnitude existing before the devastation of civil war, and the range of prices conently continues higher. Formerly, any of cust could be made good from the perquisites accruing from the poly, which is also under th tract; but, recently, tie: beau much dimninislied, and it impossible to coerce the manufacturing merchants into supplying articles at fore: rates. The Board of Revenue is com+ manded to deliberate and report.
June 17th.—(1) Edict, ordering another prayer for rain for the 2ist June. A long list of Princes and Nobles, with the core-monial functions to be respectively undertaken, is given.
(2) 'f'wo memorials from Tsung-shih and Li Hung-chang, respecting the filling up of certain vacancies (8) The Governor of Chekiang, Yang Chang-yuh, in concert with the Governor-General, reports on the pacification and settlement of the recent disturbance at 'Tientai. 'The farming population of Fuh-tou, in western side of yentai, who were dragged into taking part in the movement, are represented to lave expressed contrition for their acts, and to have been anxious to seize and' deliver over the instigators; but the more seditious and rebellious people flocked to their entrenchments in the inaccessible country
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