Fifteen sticks of Tibetan inc: be sent to Sungch'un, Director-General of the Grain Transport with instructions that he do on our behalf return thanks at the shrine of the Spirit of the River for the gracious protection accorded during the autumn, The Courtof Sacritical Ember Worship informs the 19th of Dee. is the date for sacrificing at the Temple of Medicine, Let Wen-hsing perform the necessary rites assisted by Chow Chih-cho and Li Te-ch'ang. The 22nd of December, the winter solstice, being the day for the Gireut Sacrifice at the Altar of Heaven, we will proceed in person to perform the necessary rites.
SUPPRESSION OF A SECRET SOCIETY I, Shen Ping-cheng in x long memorial gives a detailed account of the arrest and capture of the ringleaders of a band of the according to information received by the Ko Lao Hui, several hundred strong, who
magistrates intended to raise the standard of rebellion on prearranged date, They carried on their nefarious practices on the borders of Kiangsi and Anhui and were the terror of the neighbourhood, They had flags and secret signs, their' leaders were invested with false titles, and altogether they formed a most formidable organisation. After a thorough investigation the leaders were at once put to death and the country thus freed from a great calamity. Several rewards are suggested for those officers by whose unvarying energy and intrepid bravery it became possible to nip this evil in the bud.—A Separate Decree will fol tore.
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