Li Han-chan; audience twice before starting a who was received in announces his arrival at Ch'ing-chiang, were he took over the seals of office on the 24th December from Hsii Wen-ta, the Taotai of the Huai-Yang-hai Circuit, who has been temporarily filling the post of Director-General of the Grain Transport. At the time he wrote the breach at Cheng Chou was still unclused, and this added tly to the importance of his post, which does not consider himself particularly suited to fill.
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