(2) Liu Chin-tang reports that twelve years ago he raised subscriptions and built Z*temple at Urumtsi, within the walls of Ti-hua, in memory of the Hunan officers and men of all ranks who died during the Turkestan war. A house and garden were also bought, from the rents of which are provided the means of offering sacrifice and other necessaries. Being at the time engaged in the prosecution of his campaigns, the Memorialist did not report to the throne what he had done. Urumtsi having now been raised to the position of provincial capital, he begs that the building of the temple may be placed on record, and that the authorities of the town may be in-at the proper seasons, probing A, Restructed to offer sacrifice in it every your
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SEAL FOR OFFICIAL ALMANACS IN FORMOSA, (3) It is the custom to furnish to the government of each province a seal with the superscription of the Board of Astronomy. With this seal the provincial authorities stamp the copies of the official almanac issued by them every year. Taiwan having been made into a separate province, the GovernorLiu Ming-chuan requests that the Board of Civil Office at Peking may be instructed to cast a seal and forward it to him for use in the island. Referred to the Board of Ceremonies.
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