The following is the full text of the above document, the closing paragraph of which we published last week. That really contained the pith of the letter, the first portion of which is mainly a brief precis of the negotiations and their results. But it while putting the complete text on record "The Emperor of China salutes the Queen of England and Empress of India, Having become inheritor of the great estate by the mandate of Heaven, and reverently continued the succession to Our great estate, We have borne in affectionate remembrance the States in amity with Us, and [have desired] to consolidate for ever relations of friendship and concord. In the first moon of the first year of the reign of Kwang Ssu (February, 1875), the official interpreter of our Majesty's Government, Ma Kiali Margary) by name, whilst. travelling under passport from Burmah, and on having reached the frontier region of the Provines of Yunnan, was murdered, and his com-anion, Colonel Browne, was attacked and iven back. We made special appointment of Li Han-chang, Governor-General of the Hu Kwang Provinces, to proceed to Yunnan for the purpose of instituting inguiry and taking action in conformity with the principles of justice; and furthermore issued a decree enjoining upon the Governors-General and Governors of all the provinces that they should give instructions to all local authorities within their jurisdiction, to the effect that the provisions of the treaties must be fulfilled with reference to all' persons travelling under. passport_in the under their authority. Li Han. having completed his investigation, memo-realized Us, requesting that the military officer Li Chen-kwoh and other might be severally punished for their offences. specially appointed Li Hung-chang, senior the month of August last, Wo turtler rand Secretary, Governor-General of the rovinee of Chihli, of the First Class of the bird Order of Nobility, to proceed as High Minister Plenipotentiary to Chefoo, in the province of Shantung, to act there with your Majesty's Special Envoy, Wei Toma (Sir Thomas Wade), in arrangtag the terms of a settlement, of this case. Li Hung-chang has memorialized Us, in reply, stating that your Majesty's Envoy, Sir_ Thomas Wade, had expressed the opinion that security forte future was to be_prferred to punishment of the past, and We issued hereupon a special rescript in reply, according to the request that was made, granting, as an act of grace, remission of the penalties that had been incurred by Li Chen-kwoh and the others involved with him, and sti g upon the high authorities of all the provinces implicit obedience to the commands of last year that. protection should be afforded in conformity with the treaty stipulations. We have also com-Yamen of Foreign Affairs to draw up a proclamation, and to forward a copy of the draft to each Provincial Government to be acted upon, to the end that tranquillity may prevail in the relations between China and foreigners. Mx. Margary, whilst travelling under pass within the antier of Yangan, should have lamentably been murdered, is a fact which not alone involves the question of a loss of life, but which also has gone near to disturb our relations of amity and concord. We profoundly regret and lament it, We have now made special appointment of Kwoh Sung-tao, an acting Senior Vice-President of the Board of Ceremonies and one of the Ministers of the Office of Foreign Affairs, as Envoy Extraordinary, to proceed to your
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