(1) Some time ago the Governor of Hunan recommended or promotion the officers in charge of the two likin collectorates at Yo Chou and An-hua on the ground that the receipts for the year had been greatly augmented by the activity of their administration. The Board of Office objected to the recommendation, maintained that the collection of likin was a mere routine matter of duty which gave no claim to reward, and asked that the Governor's suggestion should be vetoed. To this the Governor now replies and admits' that the collection of likin in the old time-honoured style would not establish a title to any except reward. In all the provinces likin berth is looked upon as fine place to feather one's nest in, and the Governor thinks that defalcations of this kind ought to entail punishment. Acting upon this view of the question, he recently degraded the likin collector at Hankow, and he submits that if defaulters are to be punished, officers whose conduct has contributed to an improvement in the revenue ought to receive some encouragement in the form of reward. In the present instance, the receipts at Yo Chou were Increased by the management of the officer in charge by a sum of Tis, 270,000, while at An-hua the advance on former years amounted to Tis, 105,154. The Memorialist therefore asks that the Board should be directed to confirm his former recommenda tion and in an Autograph Rescript the Emperor has been pleased to accede to this request.
APPOINTMENTS, September 12th.—(1) Fu K*un having been appointed Chief Examiner for the second Degree at Peking, his numerous offices have been temporarily filled as follows:—En Ch'éi is to act as Commandant of the Peking Gendarmeri Kun is to supply his place as Presi the Board of Revenue, and Lunj Red Banvr Corps, During the ner Corps. ing the time that the other Chief Examiner, Wong T'ung-ho, is absent from his post aa President of the Board of Revenue, P'an Tau-yin will fill the vacancy in addition to his present Assistant Examiners are Hail Kéngshen and Heiieh Finshtog. For' the former, Ch'i Shih-ch'ang will act as President of the Board of War, and the latter's place as vice-President on the Board of Punishmenta will be filled by Hai Fu, a Senior Wrangler and vieeProsident
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