on behalf of Lo Chin-shen, the Brigadier-Chang Chih-tung submits an application LEAVE TO RETIRE,
General at Ichang, for permission to go into mourning on account of the death of his mother. The district embraced in the General's command is, the Viceroy states, one of great importance, as it involves the control of a Treaty port, and, being on the bordersiof Szechuan and Hupeh, commands the entrance to the Upper Yangtze. It is therefore urged that @ successor should be nominated without delay.—Deoree retaining the General in office already published,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.