The Assistant Governor of Kobdo reports that he has issued passports to two parties of Mongols, one consisting of six and the other of 30 black persons" of both sexes to enable them to make a pilgrimage to Wu-t'ai Shan and Hsi-ning. They are to return to their homes immediately their devotionalexercises are over, and the Resident at Hsining as well as the authorities en route have been requested to see that their progress is the cause of no disturbance.
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