Jor of Yunnan, has written to the Governor-General to say that, in compliance with a request of his late father, he wished to subscribe Tls. 1,000, to a Charity Institution in the capital of the province. The Chancellor's, father who held the rank of Superintendent of the Imperial Banqueting Court, was a man who was untiring in his devotion to good works, and who earnestly urged his children to follow his example. The institution to which the subscription is offered is an asylum for aged and poor people, and is sorely in need of support, he number of applicants is in excess of the funds at its disposal. The Governor-General, in reporting the donation, suggests that sanction should be given forthe ereetion, at his native place, of an honorary portal in memory of the donor's father, with a tablet bearing the following inscription:—He delighted in charity and loved to do good."
WORSUIP AT THE GRAVE OF YN THE GREAT.
September 2nd.—(1) The acting Tartar General at Hangchow reports the comple-dow of the. Corstcniel ofmurvnneee aa the grave of the Emperor Yii, of the Hsia Dynasty (2205 B.C.) Having been appointed by Imperial Decree to conduct the cere-many in question, he received on the 22nd July an express' from the Board of War trating the form of prayer, the incense, and silk offerings issued by the Board of Ceremonies for use on the occasion. He started from Hangchow on the 5th of August, carrying his official seal. with him, and proceeded to Shao-hsing, where, on an auspicious day selected for the purpose, he reverently repaired to the grave and performed the ceremony.
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