Many Chinese Notes will be necessary before we got quite to the bottom of the ivil Service. here are nearly a dozen in which vacancies are croated (1) impeachment; (2) death; (3) ill ne (4) compulsory retirement; (5)aged parents (G) dilapidated tombs;(7) degradation; 8 transfer to educational department; (9) completion of service; (10) removal death of parents; (12) recall, The normal rule is that on the occurrence of a vacancy on any such ground the Board $§E the appointment: of late, however, has been the rule; ie., being given to an expec' the appointment is ' detained for provincial Gling," CIT REAP OG]. But in cas of mourning, (J 4g], the Board still appoints, Lhe three different modes appointanent (1) {$8f, (2) $38, and (8) have already been described in Chinese Notes. The rale with regard to all but department and district magistrates, (i.e. to SA RPS) is "four provincials to one metropolitan," (? PAY—Zy, but magistrates appear to be almost entirely in the hands of the Provincial Governor, Tao Taung -tang has been unable to carry off a victory over the rival salt interests. The Board disapproves of his sudden increase of 160,000 warrants of Southern Hovai ant destined for Hunan and Hupei. Instead of increasing the cupply by 300 licences, [HHJ, the Board sanctions an increase of sixty licences to be given to the new merchants, or if these are unwilling to the old ones, Each licence is to cost Tis, 10,000, The merchants who offered to take 150,000 warrants have refused to take the reduced number of Hupei isto 20,000 and 10,000. Meanwhile seventy-two 136,000 fed up-country, will of course be disposed of first in the interests of the merchants who have now backed out, In some parts of China it is customary. to have attached to a pawnshop a sort of -official personage called a UH ES, 10 duties are to conduct! business with officials in connection with loans of official moneys at interest, te, Being an educated person, often a petty offici well acquainted with official proprieties, negotiations can be carried on without wounding susceptibilities. In that part of China surrounding Yang-chow, near Chine Kiang, leeachold properties are usually, if not always, terminable at pleasure. The tenant, [{fH FA], provides ben ste for the plough, but it is usual for the landlord,
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