The native tribes ing the district of Yii-shu within the jurisdiction of Kokonor have for years past been complaining of the bad treatment which they suffer at the hands of the native Chieftain of Té- erhko in the province of Szechuan. The feud between the two tribes became so serious that the late Resident at Hsining eventually memorialised the Throne asking that a commission comosed of officers deputed by the Tartar Jeneral at Ch'éngtu, the Viceroy of Szechuan, and the Resident in Tibet should be appointed to hold an investigation into the whole history of the case. It was decided that the commission should meet at a central point and that witnesses should be examined from both sides. The Governor-General of the Shénkan provinces and the Resident ut Hsining have both deputed officers to represent them at the inquiry, which is to be conducted with great caro and without inflicting any hardship upon the natives concerned, The deputies left Hsining on the 14th of June and were to travel by way of the Tankaérh Pass.
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