The Governor of Honan reports the amount of subscriptions raised in his province by the sale of oficial rank during the eleventh and twelfth months during which the system has been in operation. In the former month ten literary ranks were sold realising a sum of Tls.3,526.8 and in the latter twelve similar appointments were disposed of for a sum of Tls. 5,370.2, This amount will be held at the disposal of the Board of Revenue and in the meantime it is asked that diplomas should be issued to the subscribers.
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