A postscript memorial from the Governor-General of the Two Kuang provinces, with reference to the case of a candidate from the Canton province, who, during the metropolitan examination for the degree of chin-shih in 1886, was caught carrying his essays out of the examination hall, The name of the offender was given as Lo Hsi-yao, but when enquiry was instituted in order to ascertain the object of this peculiar proceeding on his part, it transpired, from information furnished by Chang Yin-huan, the Minister to the Chited States, that the real Lo Hsi-yao had not been up for that particular examination at all, and that evidently some fraud had been' practised. Some time afterwards a brother of the accused Lo Hsi-yao made a statement at the Nanhai Magistracy to the effect that the latter had not competed at the examination in question, the offender being a certain Lo Jen-che, a chiijen graduate of Shuntien Fu, who had by some means obtained Lo Hsi-yao's credentials and entered in his name. This individual subsequently came forward and volunteered the statement, that n he was up for the metropolitan examination in
clanswwan Lo Hsi-yao wore by some mistake 4886, the papers intended for his fellow issued to him, and with these he went in for the examination. These documents were now returned by him together with the allowance paid him for travelling expenses. Before the case had been disposed of, he absconded and remained at large in spite of repeated attempts to effect his arrest. In December last he returned to his home in the Tzitung district, whereupon a subordinate local official who had been directed to keep a look-out for him, went to his house and ordered him to come unfor trial. Thishe refused todo, behaving in a violent and grossly insulting manner. It being quite out of the question that conduct such as this should be over-looked memorialist now applies that the offender be forthwith stripped of his status as a chit jen with a view to his being brought to trial and rigorously punished according to law.—Sanctioned by rescript.
REINSTATEMENT OF A CASHIERED OFFICIAL, Kueichow His Majesty sanctions the re-On the application of the Governor of instatement of an expectant Prefect named Hei Shih-hsi, employed on special service
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