(1)'Some time ago the Censor Li Nien-tsu denounced one Ch'en Pei-yung,, department' magistrate of Chiinhua, Chihli, on the ground of incapacity, avarice, ete., and we accordingly referred the matter to Wang Wen-shao, Viceroy of the province, for investigation. His report is now be: fore us in which he states that he has both personally and by deputy made careful enquiry into the said charges and now declares it to be his honest' opinion that they have been made merely on hearsay'and therefore have no foundation torestupon. Ithas, however, transpired
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