Show represents that he has' not yet recovered from the affection in his leg, and solicits permission temporarily to make use of a small chair carried by two bearers within the Forbidden City." Hitherto, when permission to uso a chair carried by two bearers has been given to those Manchu officials privileged to ride in the "Forbidden City," whohavenotattained the age of sixty-five years, the concession has been granted as an act of special grace by reason of infirmity of age and affection of the feet. A similar privilege granted to other [classes of officials] must be @ spontaneous act of merey on the part of the Throne, and cannot be solicited by a servant of the Emperor. Kuang Show has
ho has not recovered, and this ill-timed this day already been granted congo because request for permission to use a chair is a ject of grent presumption on his part, him be censured forthwith, (2) The soldier of the guard who yesterday appealed to us inside the Tung-hua Gate will be handed over to the Board of Punishments and rigorously put to the question.
(8-4) Applications for grants of grain to charitable establishments in Peking.
Memorial from the Governor of Féng-Yien and his colleague, representing that the officials who have been charged with the erection of sheds and the repair of bridges and roads along the route by which the "Veritable Record" and Imperial Relics are to travel to Moukden have appealed to them under the following circumstances Tu the year 1868, when similar prepara tions had to be made, and accounts of expendiluce were sent' in, the Board of Works taxed these accounts to the extent of Tls. 34,800, and in issuing the money on this reduced scale, the Board of Revenue levied a discount of fifty per cent. on cash payments, and twenty-five per cent. on payments in Government notes. The result was that appropriations had to be made from other accounts to repair the deficit, and many officers were denounced and cashiered for applying public funds to other than their legitimate objects. On the present occasion the notice given is very short, and when, in addition, the high cost of materials ig taken into consideration, a repetition of the action of the Board must result in rain to the applicants. They pray, therefore, that their accounts may not be taxed, and' that the money spent may be repaid' them free of discount. The memorialists, in support ing this application, beg to testify to the accuracy of the statements made, and point out that the expenditure that has recently been incurred in this region in connection with the movements of troops and defence work has already been the source of great financial embarrassment to the officials who have now been called upon, on very
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