30th July.—(1) Havi morial from the Inj nomy electing an auspicious day for the occasion, We hereby command that the assumption of Government by the Emperor in person should take place on the third day of the second month of next year (4th March, 1883), APPOINTMENT OF EXAMINERS, (2) Li Wen-tien and Wang Jen-kan are gazetted principal and Assistant-crammers for Kian-nan. Similar appointments -in Shensi are conferred upon Tai Chao-chun and Chou Hsi-en.
HONOURS TO A DECEASED TAOTAI, (3) The Governor of Anhui presents a Jong Memorial extolling the virtues and services of Jen Lan-sheng, late Intendant of the Feng Ying Liu Seti Circuit in that ayo who died about 2 months ago. he, who was 51 years of age, had served for over a quarter of a century in the province, and had done much to advance its material and moral progress, the water communication, en: couraging the growth of sill worms, erecting schools and other public institutions, A Year or two ago he was denounced for having a degraded clerk in his service, and lost his position. The people, however, raised a subscription on his behalf, and procured him restitution to his original rank. When the breach occurred last year in the Yellow River embankment, his services were placed at the disposal of Me-monalists, and he has since been engaged in the distribution of relief all over the province. During one of these expeditions he was riding a vicious horse, and the restive movements of the animal produced an ulcer, which all medical skill, and eventually caused his death. Even in his last moments he kept anxiously omuie about the state of the floods, but made no reference to his private affairs, Memorialist, though not personally ae-painted with the deces until quite recently, was formerly a Taotai of an adjacent circuit in the province, and often heard of his excellent administration, It was only, however, when he came back as Governor that he fully realized the extent of the deceased's services, He concludes by recommending that posthumous honours should be awarded to the memory of Jen Lan-sheng, and that his career should be recorded by the State Historian—Granted by Rescript.
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