Tseng-liu is appointed Taotai at Moukden.
WOOD FROM KUEICHOW FOR THE REPAIR OF THE T'AL-HO GATE, On noticing the account in the Gazette of the fire in the Palace which destroyed the T'ai-ho Gate, the Governor and high authorities of Kueichow asked permission to forward at their own expe quantity of wood to assist in the repairs. They accordingly procured from the Tan-chiang district 64 immense logs, which are to be conveyed on rafts down the Hung River as far us the Tung T'ing Lake, whence they are to be towed by steam launches to the 'Yangtze and eventually taken to Hankow, the whole journey occupying from one to two months' time.
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