(2) The Governor of Kingsu reports that the balance of the tribute rice due from that ince for last year has now been sent forward by sea. 'The despatch of the' first instalment has already been reported. "The second instalment consisted of 128,106 piculs, inclusive of waste and maintenance allowances. The third and last instalment vas iously pleased, at the solicitation of the opened General Li Hungchang, to consisted of75,820, piculs, sent by junk. The order, the money to be furnished from the balance to go forward by steamer is 394,000 allowance for Maritime Customs expendi-piculs odd, of which 29,550 piculs have ture, by which means this important work already been despatched and the rest is in was enabled to be completed in the short process of shipment from Shanghai.
of something over eighty days. The DECEASE QF A TARTAR GENERAL, line has been ins, by the order of the April 26th.—(1) A Decree recording His Memorialist and has been found to be sub-'Majesty's profound regret at the announcestantially and durably made, and to work ment of the death of Fu-hsing, formerly with such ease that the north and south can Tartar General at Sui-yuan Ch'éng, who now exchange communications in the space has been in retirement for some years. The of a single breath, thereby relieving His usual posthumous honours are to be bestowed Majesty of much anxiety. The Memorialist upon him, and his grandson is given an has now to solicit instructions as to what appointment as second class assistant secre-matters he is to report the to Throne by telegraph, and what are to be the subjects of tary of a board. detailed memorials by ordinary government ROBBERY OF GOVERNMENT SPECIE, post, Further, he would wish to be in-(2) The Governor of Honan reports that formed through what yamen in Peking the the Treasury of the Magistrate of the W telegraphic memorials should be sent. The ili District in that province was broken Memorial concludes with commendation into on the night of the 2ist of March, and of the services of the officers engaged in Tls. 3,700 were stolen. This money was laying the line, who have been exposed to part of a sum of Ts. 5,700 of customs duties all tudes of weather and the dangers which had been lodged there that night in of pestilential climates. The rewards which transit to K'ni-feng Fu. The thieves these officers should receive and the ncwere surprised by the soldiers on duty, and counts of expenditure will be duly dealt a fight ensued in which the latter were with by the Governor-General, Li Hung-wounded, the thieves making their escape, chang.—The foregoing report is referred by but dray Imperial minute to the yamen concerned for hurry and confusion. The Memorialist asks ying Tis, 300 of their booty in their consideration. that the magistrate and the lieutenant of the
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