December 3rd.—(1) Postscript Memorial pecahpeery ie Deputy: ieutonant-Governor of Shengking. In the organisation of coast defence, foreign firearms are indispensable. On the departure of the memorialist from Nanking for Shan-hai Kuan, he made an urgent appeal to the Governor-General for a supply of this arm, but there was unfortunately some difficulty in purchasing any at the moment, On consultation, ith the Commander-in-Chief, that reported that he had a thousand rift camp which might serve as a makeshift, but they had no slings attached, and he could famish no powder, caps, or other accessories, as ho had no surplus at: the moment. The Governor-General instructed the memorialist to take charge of the rifles, and send them to Tientsin the next' time the steamer Teng-ying-chou visited that port to take in a cargo of munitions of war. In the meantime, the memorialist started by sea for his destina tion, and on arrival at Tientain took council with the Governor-General Li Hung-chang, who furnished him with some five hundred catties of gunpowder and 200,000 caps, which the memorialist took with him to Shan-hai. Kuan. On arrival there, he received orders transferring him to Shéng-King, and as the rifles had by this time arrived, he proposed to leave a few hundred
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