Blarch 4th and 6th.—(1) A Memorial from the Governor of the New Domi reporting the appointments of minor offi ho has considered it necessary to make the Nan Lu, or Kashgatia, in order to place the civil administration of this region upon @ sufficiently effective basis. These appointments, which have been made with the authority of the Board of Civil Ofice, by whom te Memorialist was instructed to be guided by circumstances in the action might see fit to take, and report any additions to his staff, are as follows Akeu, a Treasury-keeper for the circuit, Kashgar, (New offices will be built for the above officers in close proximity to the yamen of the Taotai.) A department police master will be added in the following four Subprefectures, (Fai), Ho-euwe (GFE), Shute (Beh), and a District police master will be appointed to the following District Towns—Pai-ch'éng (FOR), Yirtion (BH), Yeh-ch'éng (FAHR), Shu-fa (BELIE). The following sub-prefectures will have a Commnissary of the Seal, or Correspondence Secretary, attached to them who will have police functions as well: Harashar Usui or Ush (8, ce. RED HM), Koch's (jprwt), Wo-shin,
LIH) Malapasin (ELE YP). Av Aksu, which is a centre for the congregating of a mixed population, it is found that a sub-district Deputy "Magistrate is required in addition to the present staff for the maintenance of order and good government, and it is proposed to place an officer of the same rank also at Pukao-erh (774% which lies in the centre of the subprefecture of Harashar, The District Magistracy of Yeh-ch'éng (SEHR) will be removed to Ha- 0 LIZ) and a Sub-district Deputy Magistrate will be stationed at the Ma-home dan town of Ho-chi March Gth.—(1) A Memorial from the Governor-General at Nanking reporting that he is making arrangements, in obedience to instructions, for the transport by caval vf last year's winter instalment of the Kiangpei tribute rio wing called upon the Financial Commissioner and Grain Taotai to make arrangements as usual for the conveyance thi year of the Kiangpei tribute rice by ti Grand Canal, those officers have now submitted the following history of the movements of the grain fleet that went uorthward last year.
Upon entering the central section of Grand Canal at little water was found and the propre of the fleet was so repeatedly checked by ihallot accumulation of obliged to be lightened as each section came up, in order to pass the Ssu-chien and Jung-lia alnicos. By dint of hiring a large number of extra man who were worked day and night, the fleet managed to push its way as far as the Tai-chuany and Han-chuang sluices, but as the dredging operations at the point of junction known as the Shih-tau Ho had only just been completed t was very weak, and it wa ary to part the ten divisions of which the Beet was composed into two lots and to dam the water in the section in which they were until sufficient depth was obtained to float them over the obstruction. On arrival at Chining there was 0 feeble a flow of water from the Wéu river that the Nan-liu Lin sluice had to be tightly closed in order to flow northwards, and the fleet was taken over the difficulty in the same manner as described above.
On reaching sections of the canal various irregularities in the level of the bed were encountered, and the fleet was in continual danger of getting aground, ao that constant lighten-Ing had to be retorted to befure the boats arrived at Shih-li-p'u, where is the new sluice by which entry is grined into the Yellow River. The difference between ti id the Yellow Ri that it was evident that ctly the sluice was opened, there would water left in the canal, There was nothing for it, therefore, but to wait, and after a delay of over a meath the water of the Yellow River at last rose, and the Passage across the river was accomplished. On arrival at the other side the gradual rising of the water justified the opening; of the sluice giving access to the northern Grand Canal, but after some thirty poate had passed in the water suddenly fell and they were not able to advance, The boards were again Aropped with all promptitude in order to creates n head of water, while the junks were lightened in order to get them over the obstruction. Fortunately at thie ture heavy rain fell, and the water rose, but meanwhile the sluice gate had become obstructed by silt, and numbers of men had to be hired, by dint of exertions, which were continued during three days and nights, the remaining portion of the fleet was passed in, and pushed forward to Lin-ching, where a pumping process was necessary before they could get into the section of the canal known as the Wei River, Although the fleet did eventually arrive in time to deliver the grain by due date, this end was only achieved by an enornious expenditure of labour and devices, Be that as it may, the Commissioner and Intendant were none the less sensible of the necessity of doing their best to secure the efficacy of so useful " highway of communiextion and to use their utmost endeavour to promote the resumption of the old system of the transport of grain by the Canal route.
As regards the instalment of last year's quota of Kiang pei tribute rice, the total amount collected in the four prefect tures concerned was 103,740 piculs, of which 6,340 picule were act. aside as pay ment of the expenses of transport, leaving 97,390 to be transmitted to Poking, To the above has to be added a further instalment of 27,450 piculs, after deducting allowance for transport, being the tribute rice levied on the old taxable land, The Memorialist points out that the obstacles to the navigation of the Grand Canal as demonstrated by the history of the voyage of the grain fleet last year demand the issue of stringent order to the Director General of Grain Transport and other high officials concerned to use every effort to clear the channel of the vari obstructions that are shown to exi to solicit senso by His Majesty. Meanwhile the Financial Commissioner and Grain Tutondaut have been instructed to proceed with their arrangements for hiring the boats, loading them, and souding tem forward.
Rescript:—Let the Board of Revenue take note.
March 7th,—No documents of import. ance.
March 8th.—A Memorial feom Wan, Tung-ho, Chancellor of the Imperial Academy, suggesting the adoption of four measures for the prevention of fraud at the of chien sheng, oF of the ial Academy, and kung or not licentiates, previous to their to the examinations fur the degree of chi eu or provincial graduate, in Peking.
1.—Care should be taken in the acceptance of rreties which each candidate has to provide.
It frequently happens that the candidate never puts in an appearance at all, but hires a substitute in his own district who presents himself for examination under the assumed name of the candidate, The only mieaus of preventing this act of fraud, which it is extremely difficult to detect, is to make the official who stands surety reponsible for the acts of his nominee, 2—A check should be put upon the personification of several candidates by one individual, who presents himself for examination on different occasions under a different alias each time, ie remedy for this abuse will be found in examining the candidates from those provinces from which the number presenting themselves for examination is small, simultaneously. Where there are a num: ber of applicants from one province these also should be examined in one batch.
3.—Fines and penalties should be rigidly enforced,
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