(8) The Governor-General at Nanking the Governor of Kiangsu request that tablets and honorific appellations may be conferred upon the God of War the guardian deity of Hsii-chou Fu, both of Whom have temples in that city. "In times of flood, drought, or other distress these deities ha Y failed to remove trouble and restore stmmner of 1876 there was no rain months, and the crops were bein up. A band of rebels took advantage of the situation to work upon the feelings of the starving people, and a crisis was expected, chen prayers were offered and seasonable rain fell in such abundance that the rebel following melted away. Tu 1879 and 1882, when the crops were deluged with floods,
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