The Archive · 1888

May 4th.—The Admiral of the Yangtze

NAVAL DRILL AT WUSUNG

Li Cheng-mow, reports his departure for Wusung on the 13th of March for the purpose of assembling the vessels of the steam fleet under his orders and proceeding to sea with them, in order to exercise them in gunnery practice and nautical manceuvres May Sth.—(1) Li Chia-lé and Li Yung-ching, Lieutenant-Governors of Kiangsi fand Shensi veapoctively, are ordered come to Poking and await further engle ment. The Intendants of the K'ai Ku Ch'én Hsii Circuit in Honan, of the Chao Yang Lo Circuit in Kuangtung, of the Being-I Shih Circuit in Hupeh, and the Prefect of Lei-chou in Kuangsung are all directed to vacate their posts and proceed to Peking for presentation at Court.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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