(1) Appointing a number of Tartar officials sts in the metropolitan administration and to yamens of Manchu Military Governors, etc, (2) With reference to the memorial of the Court of Imperial Sacrificial Ceremonies Bo observed at the Temple of the Imperial luting out that sacrificial worship should
Ancestors in honour of New Year's day (Chinese) which falls on the 14th of February next, we hereby command Prince Dai Hsin (8rd Order) to proceed to the said temple and reverently offer up sacrifices there on that day in our stead.
(3) The sacrificial worship appointed for the 19th proximo at the temple of Ceres will be conducted by us in person.
(4) As the first day of the spring months of next (Chinese) year falls on the 22nd proximo and it is necessary to offer up sacrifices at the Imperial Ancestral Temple, we hereby signify it to be our intention to worship on that occasion in person, when the following members. of the Imperial Clan are commanded to be present to assist at the ceremonies, namely, K'uei Pin is to offer up sacrifices at the rear altars; Chung Hsin is to sacrifice at the altars of the Eastern Court, and Lih Jui at the altera of the Western Court.
(6) On the same day the sacrificial cere. monies to be conducted at the Temple of the Great Year are to be presided over by Ching, while Ching Fu and Hsi Ch'eng-yao ate to sacrifice at the altars of the Western Court.
(6) Hu Ping-chih, Governor of Shan: reports that Sung Pin (Manchu, now d ceased), while sub-prefect of Shuping in that province, owed a considerable sum of gorernment funds upon retiring from office, in spite of repeated dunning failed to make good the deficit to the provincial trea-jury. Although dead the said Governor suggeststhat the man's rank and titles be struck off from the records in order to prevent his family from using the privileges allowed to the immediate representatives ofa deceased official. The deceased official is hereby cashiered and his scribes and underlings, connected with the Shuping yamen, are to be arrested and their cases tried to seo if any fraudulent methods were employed which loused the deceased official to have such a arge deficit in the land taxes, Investigation is. also to be made at Shuping and st the Banner Reservation, to which the deceased belonged, to see if he left any convertible property, which is to be confiscated to the government of Shansi.
28th January.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.