Chief and the Governor of Kuangsi report that the four battalions of troops were disbanded at the end of the fourth month of this year. They had long before announced their intention to take this step, but were unable to accomplish it earlier on account of the state of the frontier. Before being discharged, each man was given a sum of from Tls. 1.9'to Tls. 2.8, according to the distance which he would travel to reach his home, in Yitnnan, Kueichow, Szechuen, or Hunan, as the case might be. Ina sub-Memorial the governor reports the disbanding, a month later, of two more battalions, one at Lung Chow and the other at Chenan Fu.
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