The Governor of Shantung applies for sanction to pay 4 sum of Tls. 875 to the descendants of Chou Tien-chieh, a former Director-General of Grain Transport, who after his decease in 1854 had various posthumous titles and other grants conferred on him in recognition of his services in connection with the rebellion in Anhui. The above sum was awarded for funeral expenses, cost of a tombstone, etc., and has never been paid to this day owl ig to the pressure of military affairs. Repeated inundations in the province of Shantun; have ruined the deceased officer's grave an ancestral chapel, and being without funds to repair them, his grandson has now applied for payment of the amount to which he is entitled.—Referred to Board of Works
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