The High Authorities of the Board of Revenue were recently called upon to enquire into and report on the ehiarge of against Hsi-lun, Acting Governor of Ili, misappropriation of public funds brought They now submit their report showing that 1886 the late Governor disbanded a cavalry force of sume 1,600 men, to whom arrears of pay were owing of over Tls. 740,000, Of this amount the Governor received sume Tis, 480,000 from Kansu and the New Dominion, giving varying accounts as to how the balance had been raised, in every case, however, representing that the greater portion of it had boon borrowed from local Mohammedan merchants. The Board found great dis crepancies in regard to the alleged arrears of pay, as also in the details of the all loans, and are of opinion that Ts, 740, was far in excess of what should properly have been due to the troops. At no time have they ever authorised the appropriation of funds for the purpose of repaying thave alleged loans, and when the late Governor took upon himself to draw on the military chest for Tls. 170,380 with this object, memorialists, it will be remembered, applied for a Decree, handing him oyer to the Board for the determination of penalty. It has now been clearly proved
good by misappropriations from the Ili that the alleged loans actually were made military chest, and for this there is no excuse whatever to be found for the deceased Governor.—Rescript already published.
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