The Literary Chancellor of Anhui reports on the cxaminiations recently held by him at Liuanfu, Yingchoufu, Shouchou and Fengyangfu. At the three latter places the sui Kao and ko kao examinations were held together as suggested by memorialist in December last on account of the distress prevailing in those districts consequent on deficient harvests for several years in succession. Throughout the examinations memorialist took every precaution to guard against any irregularities on the part of the candidates, and made their guarantors exercise the utmost vigilance in preventing all attempts at fraudulent impersonation by substitutes. At Yingchowfu eight indi {viduals were detected perpetrating this kind of fraud, and three at Fengyangfu, two others being arrested at Shouchou for obtaining money from the candidates under false pretences. The general behaviour of the students during the examinations was quiet and orderly. In the north of the province the literary standard was not so high as in the south, but nevertheless gave evidence of excellent abilities, those candidates from Fuyang and Hoch'in in the Ying-chow prefecture, and from Shou-chou, Huaiyan and Singyuan in that of 2 Being in this respect considerably ahead of those from other places.
Memorialist returned to the provincial capital at the end of July, having thus concluded the sui kao examination throughout the whole of the province
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