The Military Governor of the province of Feng-tien, and the Vice-President of the Board of Works at Moukden, in a joint, memorial represent that several of the buildings at the Mausoleum of the Consort of the Manchu Sovereign T'ai Teung are in urgent need of extensive repairs, which they propose to have executed without further delay. The buildings in question have been surveyed by officer of the Board of Works at Moukden, whose estimate for placing the whole in a thorough state of repair amounts to Tls. 6,847 odd. By an ordinance of the Emperor T'ung-chih, repairs to the Mausolea, the estimated cost of which amounts to over Tls. 10,000, have to be carried out under the supervision of an officer appointed from Peking, but if below that sum, may be executed under the direction of the High Authorities at Moukden. Under these circumstances memorialists will reverently proceed with the repairs themselves, and, subject to His Majesty's approval, beg that the Imperial Board ut Astronomy may be called upon to select an auspicious day during the second or third months of the year for commencing the work. The glazed ware required for the ice-house will be manufactured under the superintence of the Board of Works at Moukden, payments on account of labour and materials being issued from the Treasury of the Board there follows: 50% in copper cash, 25% in silver, and 25% in notes.—Rescript already published.
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