Majesty will proved to-morrow Miter the transaction of State affairs, to the Southern Lake Palace to pay his periodical obeisance to H.I.M. the Empress-Dowager, after which his Majesty returns to Peking.
30th December.
Tue CHIALE JUDGESHIP, Wang Wen-shao, Viceroy of Chibli, reports the demise of Chu Ciing-hsun, Pro-Vincial Judge avd acting Treasurer of {hli, _Memorialist received yesterda: petition from the high provincial auth—rities at Puctingfu to the effect that the said acting Treasurer had been ailing for som-time past but the disease was never thought to be very serious, when suddenly on the 5th of this month the said Treasurer's rickness became serious ending. in his death the same evening. Naturally, it is hut proper Uat- memorialist should appoint some one to act ad interim as acting Treasurer in place of the deceased, but as. memorialist observes from the Poking Gazette that Vii Ying-lin, Trensurer-@esiguiate of Anhui, hae recently paid hie farewell audience to his Majesty and is now presumably on his way to Nganking, it follows that his predecessor Wang Lien, Treasurey-designate of this province, may expretad to reach Paoting from Anhui to take up his duties here in x very short time. Hence memorialist sees no necessity to appoint a special man as acting Trea surer, but as the present. acting Judye, Chi. "Pang-chen, Provincial Judge-elect of Fukien, is a very able man and most diligent in the performance of his duties, in order to save uimecessary trouble memo. rialist has appointed the said acting Judye ting Treasurer pro tem, until the arrival of the Treasurer-elect from Anhui, Memiorialist trusts that his manugemeut of the matter will meet his Majesty's approval.—Reseript: Noted.
3st December.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.