The Governor of Hunan requests that a certain officer may be cashiered and brought to trial for causing the death of a man by the illegal application of torture.
Wang Kuei-ming, the official in question, was attached to the General Tithing Office which also exercises police functions in the streets of the provincial capital. A man named Tai Ming-chow was recently sent to the office under suspicion of being concerned in a petty robbery; and as he gave evidence in a very unsatisfactory way torture was applied during the examination, with the result that he died a fortnight (later. The facts of the case having been brought to memorialist's notice by the Prov ial Judge, who has already caused ming to be removed from office, t now begs that the latter may be cashiered and brought to trial before the Prefect of Chang-sha.—Sanctioned by rescript, GOLD MINES AT SAN-SING IN MANCHURIA, Referring to the proposed experimental working of gold-mines in the neighbourhood of San-sing under the direction Fu-huei, Military Deputy-Lieureuant Guvernor of that place, who it seems recently applied for permission to proceed'to Peking for midience, the Military Governor in requests that Fu-kuei may be permitted to deferhis departure for the present. 'The employment of unsuitable individuals is open to serious objection, and next winter as soon as things have been got somewhat into working order and operations are stopped by the cold weather, less inconvenience will be caused by' his absence than would be the case at present. cation, Fu-kuei ba already been ordered In reply His Majesty, refuses the appli to present himself at Peking.
12th July.
ALPOINTMEST OF A COMMISSION TO KIRIN, A commission, consisting of Kuei-hong, Vice-president of the Board of Punish ments, and Wang Ming-luan, Vice-president of the Board of Works, has been appointed to proceed to Kirin, and hold an investigation into certain circumstances connected with the administration of the province.
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