To the Members of the Cabinet and the high officers who have served in the Capital during her Regency, the Empress expresses herself as specially indebted for the counsel and advice which they have tendered herinall important questions of come before her in the seclusion of the Palace, Now that Her Majesty is soon to be relieved of the load of anxious care which only the loyal support of her Ministers has enabled her to sustain, she cannot allow the opportunity to pass without conferring tokens of Eororament. Prince Li, the Grand Secre-gratitude upon the Chief Ministers of her
taries, O-lo-ho-pu and 'Chang Chih-wan, Heii Keng-shen, President of the Board of War, and Sun' Yii-wen, President of the Board of Punishments, are each to receive tablets with appropriate inscriptions written by the Emperor, and other suitable towards to be determined by the Board. Prince Kung is recommended to the Imrial Clan Court for the bestowal of a high distinction, and his former colleague, Pao-in, is to receive full retiring allowance.
en Ching-ming, Wong T'ung-ho, Li Hung-tsao, P'an Tsu-yin and Wang' Wen-shao are likewise to receive such forms of commendation as the Board may consider appropriate, while Wen-hsiang, Tso Tsung-tang and a number of other deceased worthies are to have sacrificial rites performed to their memory.
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