Li Hung-chang announces the result of the rehearing of a case sent down to him by the Board of Punishments with reference to an appeal made to the Emperor in per-by 8 woman named Wang, wife of certainindividualnamed Ch'en. The latter. a native of Hankung Hsien, with brevet rank as assistant Sub-District Magistrate, was in the habit of practising as a doctor, but some yetts ago, being under the impression that hada genius for engineering, he spent a inal and the Yellow River. In the spring deal of time in studying the Grand of the present year, thinking he had disco: vered a remedy for the silting up of these waterways, he determined to. proceed to Peking and lay his views before the Em-error in person. Falling ill by the way he leputed his wife to do so.om his behalf. As, however, on examination his scheme proved impracticable and the offence of presenting By law, Ch'en and his wife have been sent.
titiens in this irregular way is punishable enced to one hundred blows and banishment tothe nearest frontier. The latter being a woman will be allowed to commute the punishment by " money. payment,—Let the Board of Punishments consider and report.
22nd December.
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23rd December.
APPOINTMENTS, Liao Shou-hong is appointed Senior Vice-President of the Board of Revenue,
Vice-President, and Li Wen-tien Junior Chien Ying-p'u la appointed Senior Vice-President of the Board of Rites.
LIKIN RIOT IN CHEKIANG, Sung Chun, Governor of Chekiang, re-disturbance in connection with the of duty on native opium, The facts of the case are as follows:—Stations were established in the Hsiangshan district the purpose of levying likin on the. nati opium produced thers, and proper deputies were appointed to look after the collection, These it appears did not set about their work in a proper way, and complaints and disturbances were of constant occurrence, On these being reported memorialist impeached all those concerned, und in a report to the Throne, dated the 16th of July, 1889, asked for permission to degrade them. This was granted, and a tho-Tough investigation into the case ordered, Alter having the case gone into in the lower courts memorialist reheard it in person, and has the honour to report that Kung Ghaotsai and Chiang Kuo-chih are farmers in Hsiangshan district. The cultivation of opium has been going on there for some time and the drug made up into a prepara. tion called hsiang chiang. In April 1889 stations were established at Chingtou and the purpose of collecting likin on thi lo. various places throughout the district, for
Shortly afterwards the price of opium took a sudden rise and there was some difiiculry This the people in the district chose to in the way of getting rid. of their stock. attribute to the likin stations and were loud in their demands that these be done sway with. On the 18th of June 1889 Kung J'én-hua was proceeding to the market with 10 ounces of opium which he intended to dispose of there. While the Chtiangto'u likin station was stopped by some runners and alled upon to pay duty thereon, On his refusing to do so he was arrested; but the onlookers, greatly incensed at this ceeding, forthwith demolished the whole station, Kung Jen-hua taking advantage of the opportunity to make his escape, The magistrate on measures to quell the disturbance, but
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