AUSTRACY OF PEKING Gazerres, December 28ti,—(1) 4 Decree announcing the receipt of a Memorial from the Board of War reporting the penalty to which Chi'ien-hei, Governor of Yeh-ho, has rendered himself liable for an offence, the ature of which is not stated. This penalty ould be deprivation of two atops of rank ith removal to another post; but as a ial not of grace it is reduced to duprivation of rauk with retention at his post (2) Chang Yin-huan, Minister to the United States, ete., is appointed Deputy Commissioner of the Office of Transmission.
(3) Heir Shu-ming is appointed Senior Vice-President of the Court of Censors, (4) Kfusi-pin, Governor of Hupeh, reports his arrival at his peat and his as: sumption of office upon the 27th of November. He travelled by way of the Grand Canal; Lut on passing T'S Chou his progee wan much impeded by the ahallown the water in many places, and it was not until the 18ch of November that he reached the Yangtezs and was enabled to take the river steamer.
(6) he Governor-General of the Hu Kuang Provinces commends to His Majesty's favourable consideration the ser-Vicesofone Wei-kang, an expectant Tao-t'ai of Hupeh, who was sent outside the Kuang.
frontier in charge of a contingent of Hupeh troops with orders to place hi at the dis 9 Governor ug work, Lu addition to advance large portion of the necessary f hin private resources, the said'Fao-t'ai, upon the disbanding of his recruita after the recapture of Longeon, ete offered a f gift to the government of certain exp ture amounting to over Ils, 2,000 he i listment and disbanding Ho also declined to take payment for & number of rifles, bayonets, ote, that he had bought for his men, valued 1,350, exclusive of 8) Mauser rifles with bayonets attached, and 15 Suider rifles with bayonets attached, that were captured in the action.—By a Rescript appended to the Memorial the Board are to consider to what toward the 'Y'so-t'ai in question is entitled.
(6) Lhe Governor-General and Governor of Hupeh report the completion and despatch of the 233 junks this province was called upon to build for the grain transport service between and Tung Chow. 117 junks were built by one officer and 116 by another, and they have been sent forward to their destination after pected, bonds guaran al period having duly hie builder ber 20th—No documents of importance.
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