SYSTEM, Another Censor complains that at the examinations for the second degree at Peking the essays sent in by the candidates are often copied for the examiners in such w careless way that the numbers are confused, the result being that real merit is practically stifled, He also asks that stop should be put to the practice of allowing the candidates to bring books of reference in small type with them into the Examination Hall, The Emperor regards the Examination system as a national institution for the selection of talent, and reminds the officers charged with carrying it into practice of the grave importance of the trust which has been confided to them. The Supervisors are hereafter to make it their special duty to sze that the copying of the essays is accurately performed, and that the system generally is enforced in an honest manner. The practice of surreptitiously introducing books into the Examination Hall is quite contrary to law, and the Governor of the Metropolitan Prefecture, and the Viceroys and Governors of the different provinces have been directed to issue a fresh notification on the subject and prevent the prohibition from becoming a dead letter.
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