September 20th.—(1) Wen-shuo, Imperial Resident in Tibet, and Ch'ung-kang, the Assistant Resident, present " Memorial in which they ask that certain regulations should be adopted for the payment of 1,300 rolls of satin which represent a portion of the salaries due to Tibetan officials for a period of over thirty years, In Tibet there is one officer with the title of Duke who draws a salary of Tls. 200 and seven rolls cof satin per annum: one Dzassak Lama noble with the titular rank of Duke whose salary is Tls. 100 and four rolls of satin; and four Councillors of State holding Chinese official rank who each receive Is. 50 and two rolls of satin a year, The total salary of Tis, 1,000 and thirty nine (1) pieces of satin was formerly paid at Peking every second year to the Abbot of Anterior Tibet, who took it back with him on the return of the tribute mission. At that time the Dalai Lama and the Panshen Erdeni Lama gent tribute mission to Peking on every alternate year. In 1840 it was represented that, Poking, ft might: perhaps be impossible to owing to the great distance of Tibet front
observe regularity in sending an. Abbot with complimentary presents (#2535), and the Emperor was graciously pleased to authorize the mission to come once every three years. In 1841 it was decided, at the suggestion of the Colonial Office, to forward. the salaries in money and satin for the Tibetan officials to the Governor-General of Szechuen, who was to transit them with other supplies to their destination. 'Since 1841, therefore, the money salaries have been annually' sent to the commissaries in Tibet through the Governor-General of Szechuen. As regards the satin, however, from 1841 to 180g
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