A Censor named Pangsi has to-day presented us with a memorial to the form of which we take great exception. This being one of the periods during which embroidered robes are to be worn (the allusion is to the birthday of the Empress Dowager] the memorial ought to have borne on its face m yellow strip con. taining the name and official rank of memorialist in large characters commencing on the same level as those inside. This was wanting as were likewise the character Tson (memorial) on the face and date on the last leaf. The Board is hereby directed to decide as to what punishment shall be meted out to Pangsi for these grave breaches of etiquette. The Yamen concerned is ordered to consider the subject matter of the memorial, which deals with the inetticiency of the Police service round the capital, and report.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.