A Decree admitting to the privilege of competing at the forthcoming examinations for the degree of chin shih, about to be held in Peking, the provincial graduates of the category chie jen, who have been grouped after the preliminary test-examination, in the following classes First class 120, second 480, third 635. A number of candidates who' are placed in the fourth class are debarred from the privilege of competing at the forthcoming; examination. One individual is turn back until the third, and another unfortunate until the fourth triennial examination from date.
Another Decree refers to a further batch of chit jen graduates from Peking and the provinces, who have now qualified for entry at the forthcoming competition for the degree of chin shih by passing the preliminary test-examination. Their numbers are as follows:—First class 40, second 120, and third 164, DEATH OF YN SHAN, GOVERNOR OF SHANST, on the 23rd March last of Vu Shan, Gov-'The acting Treasurer reports the decease
ernor of Shansi, and solicits the appointment of a successor. As Kuei Chun, who was recently appointed Provincial Treasurer, has not yet arrived to take up his post, memorialist will in the meantime continue to discharge the functions of the deceased Governor.-—Rescript already published.
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