Tune 24th,—Kung-tang, Military Lieut tenant Governor of Uramtsi, prays Majesty to confer a tablet upon the de of the Po-ko-ta Mountain, in recognition of various act of supernatural inter tion, In this mountain there some i in extent, and of unt depth, upon the waters of which the inh: bit ants. of the whole surrounding country rely for the irrigation of their lands. Of recent years, however, the spring had shown signs of becoming exhausted, and much anxiety had been felt on this account. Orders were accordingly given Inst year to erect a temple on the hill, and scarcely had it been completed when the water in the reservoir rose more than 100 feot, and has ever since afforded an unfailing supply of water. The assistance of the deities has also been invoked with unvarying success on many occasions when Tocusts threatened to devastate the country, or snow was urgently needed for the protection of the crops. Memorialist observes that such important services should not ance with the expressed wish of the inhabitants, to address His Majesty on the subject.—His request has been granted by Rescript earlier published.
Tune 25th.—(1) Wen Hit reports a case in which a Bannerman belonging to the garrison force stationed in Tsitsihar was driven to commit suicide, in order that h might be revenged upon the Major of hi riy for a long course of tyranny practised upon him. The Major, whose cruel treatment of his subordinate is sufficiently wed, has been dismissed the service and rected to pay ten taels to the family of the deceased for funeral expenses.
(2) The Imperial Agent at Kobdo repre-that the officer deputed by him to proceed to the lead mines at Tu-lan K'a-La, the working of which has been discon: tinued for many years on account of reasons connected with the frontier, now reports that the guard in the vicinity of the mines is efficiently maintained, and that there ions in defiance ion.—Rescript: Noted. (1) Memorial from th Prince of Kung, submitting the usual bionnial list of eighteen Secretaries attached to the Tsung-li Yamen, and_throe Proctors connected with the Tung Wen Kuan, who are recommended to His Majesty's notice on account of the zeal they have displayed in their respective departments. Memorialist takes the opportunity of alluding to the great increase of telegraphic and written correspondence which passes through the hands of the Secretaries of the Tsung-li acquitted themselves of their duties in this respect, he observes that there are others equally praiseworthy whose names will find a place on the next recommendation ist, (2) Wen Board of Works perial Academy, addr His Majesty on the subject of the government schools attached to each Banner, He has reverently perused the Imperial Decree directing scholars and teachers to devote themselves conscientiously to their duties at the schools in question, and he ventures to submit the reasons which have recently broken off the connection between the masters and their pupils, 'These are, in two, Each scholar used formerly to pend of Tls. 1,5 a month, but, by the regulations at present in force, he is allowed to draw only 'l. 0.9, a sum not sufficient to keep him supplied' with food, not to mention books and stationery. In the second place, the school buildings in which the classes used to meet are in a ruinous condition, and entirely uninhabitable. To meet these difficulties, Memorialist auggosts that temporary class rooms be erected at. the public expense, and that the repairs of certain portions of the school buildings be at once commenced. When those are finished, he would propose that the scholars who are to be accorded the privilege of instruction shall be selected as heretofore, with this difference, that the attendance of those who belong to well-to-do families, and can afford to engage a private tutor, shall not be required. They will be accorded the privi-ges and the status of Goveramentscholars, but will not draw the stipend, which be evenly distributed among' the pupi ho frequent the schools. At the same time he would propose that a small grant of money be issued by the Board of Revenue to be bestowed from time to time upon the more deserving scholara.—Referred to the Boards comterned by Decree earlier published.
June 2Z7th.—(Court Circular.) Yen Ching-ming paid his respects on his arrival at Peking, and returned thanks for his appointment to the Presidency of the Board of Revenue.
Tsung-li Yamen, is directed to proceed to Kuangtung as Chief Examiner at the forthcoming Provincial competition; and Pao-thing is ordered to proceed to Fukien in the same capacity.
(2) A Decree, announcing that the re-of the Grand Secretaries and the ard of Punishments upon the subject of the arcest of the Canton graduate been duly submitted to and approved of by the Throne. The leader of the party of police who made the wrongful arrest, mistaking Ku Ming-yn, it is alleged for his younger brother Kn Hsiang-chen, (who had fallen under the suspicion of the authorities for bearing the nickname of Si] or" little commander",) is banished to Tsitsilar, and various penalties of loss severity are apportioned to those concerned in the arrest and ill-treatment of the graduate, and those responsible for the indignities put upon him at the preliminary hearing. Finally, Ch'ung Li, on account of his inability to efficiently' control his subordinates, and for the careless mauner in which he prepared hia report to the Throne on the subject, is, together with two Brigade Generals, whose names were prefixed to the Memorial, committed to the Board for the determination of a penalty. The Supervising Censor Shih Chang-shuo, who was recently denounced on account' of the irregularities of his son, is now called upon to resign his office, and his son, who, there is reason to believe, was implicated in the late violent the graduate, is sent '0 village, there to be placed under the strict surveillance of the authori Chen, Vice-President of the il Office, submits a scheme for the better education of Manchu Bannormen. Ho observes that in the present day there is scarcely one able Manchu to be found where in olden times there were a hundred, and he has often and carefully reflected upon the causes of this degeneracy. Those he conceives to be two. The first is the dilapidated state of the Government Schools, to which fact are attributable the indolence and apathy of pupils and teachers and the dishonesty to which the loiter have recourse when submitting the usual returns of scholars. The secon la the fact that the avenues of advancenwnt open to a Manchuare much wider than those by which Chinese can gain admittance ty official life; 0 wide, indeed, that a Manchu has no need to distress himself with hard study, but indolently waits for his uduission into the oflicinl corps, nnd regards his subsequent regular promotion as a matter of course. A bitkeshi, for instance, purchases his first appointment for a small sum of money, and frequently before he is sixteen years of age. From this time forward ho relinquishes his studios entirely. Next, he is recommended for a Censorship, and afterwards, if favourably mentioned at the Metropolitan Scrutiny, he becomes a Director or a Sub-Director of a Court at Peking, or a Tavtai_or Prefect in one of the' provinces. Here the results of his neglected education begin to make themselves felt, for ho finds himself unable to read the archives of his new office, or to draft an official despatch, Ho is thus entirely at the mercy, if in Peking, of the clerks attached to his establishments, and of his private secretaries, if he holds a provincial appointment; in either case, he is dependent upon that class of mon who are, beyond doubt, the causes of so many abuses that disgrace the public administration, Ina word, though it may seem now that the fund of available talent is at its lowest ebb, yet, if no measures are taken to increase it, a time may come when posterity will look upon the standard of the present day as a much-to-be-desired, though unattainable, object of ambition, To remedy the evils he deplores, Memoria-
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