July 2rd.—The Court Circular announces that the Imperial Household re-jerts the delivery of certain timber by ji Kwang-chao. (The person referred to is the Cantonese trader who lately offered to present Inrge quantities of timber to his Majesty for the rebuilding of Ydan-ming Yitan).
(1) A Decree acceding to the request preferred by, Wu T'ang, the Governor-eneral of Szech'uan, to the effect that
of Shansi lately deceased, who rendered the biography of Liu Jung, an ex-Governor distinguished services in Szech'wan during a long period of years, may be drawn up and recorded in the Imperial Histrio-grapher's Office, and that a place be assigned to him in the temple where sacrifices are offered to the manes of renowned officials, as also that his name be associated with that' of the late Governor-General, Loh Ping-chang, under whom he served, in the memorial temple erected in the latter's honour at Ch'éngto Fu.
(2) The Imperial Residents in Tibet, CWéng-ki and Ngén-lin, jointly memorialize reporting the delinquency of two officials, one a sub-prefect holding the office of Commissary or reassurer at Lassa, and the other a military officer of the rank of captain, who conspired together to obtain a payment of Taels 6,000 from the military chest in Sze-ch'wan, on the plea of having obtained an advance to. this amount from lama functionaries at Sushilumba, to meet the wants of the soldiery. The statement having been proved false on investigation, the degradation, trial, and punishment of the offenders is requested and it being expedient that the proceedings should not take place at the hands of their brother-officials in Tibet, it is suggested that the two delinquents be sent to ran for trial—Reseript already (8) Ngén-ling, one of the Imperin! Resi bet, memorializes as of the Chiptsundampa "Hutukhtu from Lassa
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