Memorialist Yang-i refers to his previous report made last autumn regarding the examinations held at Soochow at and in the Sungkiang district and goes on to announce a further series of examinations extending at intervals right throughout the summer. He would point out that the Huai Yang Tung district, although in the north of the Province, yet has extensive water communication with Kiangnan, and the difference Detwoen the characteristics of the inhabitants of the two districts is not very great, whereas the Hsii Hai circuit has no water communications and lies moreover at a distance of some 250 miles from the capital. As a consequence the literary talent in the latter district is not particularly striking although on the whole it does not fall far short of the average. Two cases of individuals attempting to pass for others were discovered and punished. In his farewell address memorialist impressed on the graduates the necessity of close attention to study ind warned them against indulging in youthful extravagances. The rainfall for the year has been normal and the crops promise well.—Noted.
26th October.
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