_(2) The only two cases in which the provincial authorities are now allowed to apply for the services of officers serving in the Hanlin College or in the Metropolitan Boards are when they are required to take up nuilitary appointments, or to undertake the management of international questions. Availing himself of the latter part of this concession Shen Ping-ch'éng, the newly-appointed Governor of Kuangei, representa that a first step is now being taken in the inauguration of commercialreiationsat Lung Chow and adds that the services of officers with a knowledge of foreign questions and absolutely indispensable for the success of tact in dealing with them as they arise, are
the scheme. siting Fang-sui, a Secretary of the Grand Secretariat, Fang Té-chi, an expectant Prefect, Ting 'Shao-fen, an' expectant Magistrate, Feng Jui-hsi, a probotionary Secretary in a Prefecture, and Chao Ching-pin, an expectant Assistant Department Magistrate of the second class, all possess exceptional qualifications for' the task, and the memorialist asks that they
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