The remainder of this day's Gusette is almost entirely occupied with memorials from the Viceroy at Nanking and the Governor of Anhui recommending for honours and various forms of reward persons who aided, either by subscriptions or tribution of relief, the sufferers from the distress which has prevailed during the past three years in Anhui, In 1887 Huai-ning and six other departments bordering; on the Yangtze suffered severely from floods and not long afterwards eleven departments along the banks of the Sha and Huai rivers were completely inundated by the waters of the Yellow River. Last year Ho-fei and twelve other districts and departments were visited by a severe drought. These and other disasters caused wide-spread distress extending over three years and it is estimated that by the efforts of the gentry and the officials considerably over a million of lives were saved. The Governor of Anhui expresses the deep sense of his indebtedness to his colleagues, the Lieutenant-Governor and the Provincial jared all his trials and this prolonged crisis, A number of military and civil officers are also singled out for special mention and a list of all who subscribed to, and took part in distributing, the relief fund is submitted to the favourable consideration of the Throne.
10th September.
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