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A decree issued to-day notices the death of Se-long-o, the Military Governor of Ili, who was best known as resident for some years in Tibet. The usual honours are paid to his memory and the officials en route are to make suitable arrangements for the con veyance of his remains to Peking. A list of his sons and grandsons is to be furnished to the Throne by the Governor of Turkestan in order that marks of Imperial favour may be conferred upon them.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.