The Governor of Kirin reports that he has sent a consignment of wild ginseng roots to Peking for His Majesty'suss. On the 20th of December, 1886, the Memo-. rialist, in reporting to Hie Mujesty that he had sent some ginseng to the Palace, al nounced that he had ordered the officers who had cvilected this consizument to make fresh search for more roots. They' have now collected eight more large roots of wild. ginseng and fourteen medium sized roots, the whole weighing eight ounces, The cost of procuring these roots, which have been packed in two boxes and sent by the Of w special n to Pekin, wat The money will be furnished from the ginseng duty receipts, March 18th.—Li Ch'ang-lo, Commander in-chief of Ghibli, paid his respects at, Court upon arrival' in Peking, being aube sequently received in Audience, PRINCE Li, Prince Li paid hia respects at Court on the expiration of his period of mournit (1) A Decree from Her Majesty the Em-acknowledging the receipt of an apion from Prince Li for permission to his position as member of the Council, in accordance with coustitutional usage." Her Majesty, while recog ising the sincerity of the motives which have dictated this act of re supervisory control over the administration, She Prince has shown unwearying devotion to duty ever since try ripon the duties of this office, and. been moat valuable. The years before an answer is given to his application for permission to vacate so important an office.
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