Some months ago the Lieutenant-Governor of Yunnan, Tsing Chi-feng, was allowed to vacate his post to enable him to inister to his mother, who has since died. His successor, Shih Nien-tsu, will not be able to reach the province for some time and the duties of the office are in the meantime to be performed by the Salt Intendant, T'ang Ptin-chen, who has recently been acting as Chief Justice and has had long experience of Yunnan. The Grain Intendant, Sung-lin, is to carry on the duties of Judicial Commissioner pending the arrival of Ts'én Yii-pao, who was recently promoted to the post.
HONOURS TO THE ANCESTORS OF THE TAOTAI
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.