February 25th and 26th.—(1) At 11.30 a.m. to-morrow the Emperor will entertain the Ministers of his Court at a banquet, after which he will proceed ch the Shen-wu and Hsi-an gates to the Palace of Prince Ch'un, to make a visit of enquiry. would inthe present instance be commensurate with the extent of the generosity or the high rank of the donor, A precedent hav+ ing been found in the case of Hsii Kéug-shen, the present acting President of the Board of War, it has been decided, as a means of marking the Imperial apprecia: tion of generosity, to present Li Wen-min with a tablet bearing an autograph inserip: tion by the Emperor.
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Last The same line of route February 27th and 28th (1) Li Hung: rave silence, and the greater summer the Ta distin in the north were be followed on the return journey. chang and the Governor of Shantung for= portion of the troops. stationed" there ward a report on the subject of certain
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