The Governor of Shansi reports that the late Magistrate of Wuchai Hsien, since deceased, left a deficiency in the grain under his charge of 431 bushels of rice and 687 bushels of beans, The family of the deceased have failed to replace the missing corn within the limit of time allowed to them. The memorialist therefore asks permission to seize all personal property of the deceased, left either at his late post. or at his temporary places of lodging; and. it is further requested that the Governor of Peking may be directed to distrain on any property which the deceased may have possessed in his native home at Tangchow. Should a sufficient amount not be thus forthcoming, the memorialist gives a list of about a dozen officials from the rank of Provincial Treasurer downwards, who were all formerly superior officers of the deceased, and should be liable to make good whatever sum is wanted, each in a certain proportion as the law lays down,—Deoree issued as desired.
7th March.
10th March,
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