An Imperial Decteo of some little in-issued at Peking on the 9th Novober, terest, though of unwonted brevity, was
Translated, it ra ea follow The repairing, yworage and waterways in the ty of Bokiog tne toon nagieobed ler have become stagnant and sroppad up. How many years, and consequently of late. they the faude are to be devised yearly for thole continual g and draining lot the Ministers [of the Board of Worke] carefully ud report to Us," Oboy thie It is stated that this Decroo was one immediate consequence of the recent visit of the Viceroy of Uhihli.to the capital. Pus-sibly the wretched and neglected oundition of the thoroughfares in Peking atruck His Excellency Li Hung-chang. more for~ elbly by comparison with the neat and well kept Bund at Tientsin, or it may have outered his mind to contrast the streets of the metropolis with those of the foreign Settlements of Shanghai ited without permission.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.