The acting Governor of Chinese Turkestan states that considerable difficulty would be experienced in conducting the triennial scrutiny of the official establishment in Turkestan which ought to take place this year, and suggests that as very few officers have served Jong enough in the province to warrant an expression of opi" nion on their services, the inspection should be postponed for another period of three years, more especially as the Governor, Liu Chin-tfang, is still absent on leave. Care will be taken in the meantime to exercise due surveillance over the official establishment, and any shortcomings will be ought specially to the notice of the
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