for raia in the metropolis and Shas to be May 10th.—(1) A decree ordering prayers
offered up on the 12th inst.
(2) Memorial from Kuang Show and Chien Pac-lien, the High Commissioners appointed to investigate certain charges against the Governor of Shantung, reporting the result of their enquiries into. a portion of these charges, They took with them as their staff two senior and a second Secretary of different Boards, and reached Chow eleven days after they had taken leave of His Majesty, From thence they changed the route, and instead of advancing by the ordinary road, travelled by way of Wu-ting, Ling-hsien, de., &c., their object being to ascertain private enquiry whether or no the Governor had been guilty of the acts of oppress sion with which he was charged on the occasion of his tour of military inspection. They found that, although food and fodder for men and" horses' had been required at the different places through which the Governor passed, there had been no wanton exaction or oppression of the people. Most of the official resting places and houses at which the party had lodged, had the ceilings of the rooms prepared with blue flowered paper, and the walls with white flowered paper, which was still fresh-looking after the lapse of several months, but they saw no traces of the walls having een pasted with red satin, nor did they hear talk of red felt having been laid along the streets. On their arrival at the capital, the memorialists propose to get in all the books of the Commissioners, Taotai, Pre-and search them carefully to see whether foot and Magistrate residing' in the city, any entries are made of the receipt of presents, etc., ete.—Rescript: It is noted. The President in question and those with him having arrived at the provincial capital, they will at once carefully enquire into the matters they have been directed to investigate and report to Us truly thereon, result of their investigations at the provin-Report by the same officers on the cial capital. These have already been summarised in an earlier decree.
May 11th.—No documents of importance.
May 12th.—Tho whole of this day's Gazette i occupied by a memorial from the Special Commissioners Kuang Show and Chien Paodion, relating with tedious minuteness the circumstances of a case of murder by official underlings, who wore afterwards permitted to escape by the acting district Magistrate under whom they were serving. The case, which had been appealed to Peking, and was relegated to the Commissioners, is intricate and. uninteresting.
May 13th.—(1) A decree ordering greater promptitude in the settlement of outstanding cases that are handed over by Subprefects or Magistrates to their successors on change of office.
(2) A decree committing the Censor Ying Chen, to whom reference been made in several enrlicr decrees in connection with the supervision of delivery of grain, to his Board for the determination of a penalty.
member of his household against whom a Ho had been called, upon to produce a charge of interference in the matter of recommendations for special service had been brought. He declared, in reply, that the man was dead, and although subsequent enquiry has cleared the deceased of the charges made it has hitd the fact that the Censor had been guilty of breach of regulation in entering as soldiers on his good conduct list two individuals who Were not soldiers at all, and obtained the bestowal of a button of the sixth grade without any claim to it whatever, (8) A decree directing the immediate dismissal of Fang Chun-yi, Judge of Szechuen, who has been ascertained by the Governor-General to be of too yielding and complacent a disposition to be fitted for his post, added to which he has been guilty of accepting illegal fees.
(4) A decree ordering immediate reform in the office of Gendarmerie in which a Censor has declared numerous abuses exist.
Li Prei-ching ROG AY is appointed Tuage of Szechuen,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.