In 1864 General Li Hsiang-ho, a native of Hunan, received an hereditary title of the eighth degree for his services in effecting the recapture of Nanking from the rebels, and some years later a sitnilar title of the seventh degree was conferred upon him for the part he played in repressing the Nienfei rebellion in Shensi. When the term for which these titles passed by inheritance expired, they were to be replaced by a similar title of the 9th degree, which was to be heritable for ever. The General died without male issue, and the Governor of Hunan now forwards an plication from his nephew, whom he had adopted as his son, claiming the succession to the hereditary rauk.—Referred to the consideration of the Board.
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