(1) Li Hsi-lien, Salt Commissioner of the Changlin Circuit, Chibli, is hereby appointed Provincial Judge of Kueichou vice Wen Hai promoted to be Imperial Resident of Lhassa, Tibet.
(2) La Hsia-liang is appointed prefect of Ch'ingehoufu (Hainan island), Kuangtung.
(3) E-ké-tang-A, Tartar-General and Military Governor of Fengtien, Manohuri accuses a certain ex-magistrate of failing to pay into the provincial treasury taxes received by him while magistrate of Chinhsien, Manchuria. Tt now appears that the accused magistrate, Li Paoshan, has since died but in spite of repeated urging the family of the deceased officer have so far made no attempt to liquidate the debt due to government by him. We hereby command the memorialist to arrest the legal representatives of the deceased officer and his former underlings in the said district of Chinhsien and incarcerate them until the money be forthcoming. Orders are also hereby given to confiscate. any property belonging to the deceased elficer's family and make the proceeds go towards paying the said debt. In this matter let the Viceroy of Chihli ce-operate with the memorialist and begin investigation as to the value of the property owned by the deceased.
25th March.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.