Hung-chang reports that the Chihli Relief Fund has received 5,000 wadded coats, valued at, Tls. 5,000, from an expectant secretary in the Board of War, T'xo Shih-yun by name. The gift is made in accordance with a wish expressed on his denthbed by the donor's late father, who had formerly been a magistrate but was afterwards dismissed from the public service. In order to encourage other persons in the performance of similar acts of charity, the Viceroy requests that His Majesty will be pleased to restore to the deceased officer the decoration of the feather, of which he was deprived when removed from the service.—Approved.
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