(2) The Military Governor of Ili reports that Pu-yen-chao-k'o-t'u Khan, the chieftain of the Old South Tourgonths, is about to visit Tibet for the purpose of performing the ceremony of boiling tea.' The Khan applied for permission to make the journe} last year; but on account of his high ran it was thought better tu refer his application to the Emperor before granting him leave. During his absence the government of his tribe will, in accordance with precedent, be entrusted to the Princess his mother, and his assistant administrator.
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