Foochow squadron, and these two vessels (1) Pa-k'e-tan-pu, Chief Director of the (1) E-k'S-tang-2, Tartar-General and lave been constantly used to transport Imperial Stud, reports that his leave of Military Governor of Fengtien, reports disbanded soldiers (from Formosa) to absence is about to expire without his that the Lungen Pavilion of the Blessed their homes, leaving of times the harbour Mausoleum (the place where the first maladies getting any better and he prays of Foochow completely deserted by war ancestors of the present dynasty are that he be permitted to resign his post in vessels. Memorialist has therefore in-order that it may not suffer by his continual buried in Moukden) is in a leaky state structed the Taotai Yang Chen-yi, Director absence, ete. We now give Pa-k'é-tan-pu which requires that repairs should be made of the Foochow dockyard, to commence at once. As the Astronomical Board has another leave of absence for a month, and the building of a steel cruiser at once, let Huai T'a-pu discharge pro tem. Pa-k'®- reported that it is unlucky to make any there being several sets of engines and tan-pu's duties at the Stud Office. boilers built by the said dockyard repairs in the direction of the said pavilion (2) The same officer prays on the same grounds to be allowed also to resign his reser! able for the purpose. The this year, the only alternative woul Id be to remove the sacred images of the Imperial new cruiser will be named the Fran, other post of Commandant of the Left Ancestors placed in that pavilion from their Her cost, apart from the armament, will Vattalion of the Vanguard Division of the old niches to the minor pavilion in the be Tls. 200,000. Memorialist farther finds Imperial Household Guards. Let Chin Eastern part of the mausoleum. We that the Foochow training ship Chingynan Chtang discharge pro tem. the above duties hereby also command the above-named is considerably the worse for wear and tear Board to fix a lucky date between May during Pa-k'@-tan-pu's leave of absence of and that her boilers must be changed for and June for the performance of the one month, new ones. Despatches also have been (8) Chren Chao-wen is promoted to the ceremony of removal and E-k'6-tang-d received from the Governor of Chekiang rank of Reorder, and Li Fa-tsao, is apand his colleagues shall then reverentially stating that the Ningpo guardship Yuank'at on the date to be fixed escort the sacred pointed Reader, of the Hanlin Academy, also requires a thorough overhaul and, images to their new temporary quarters. respe.tively. therefore, as soon as that ship is sent down (4) Ch'en Pang-jui is appointed Adviser to Foochow, her repairs will be attended to (2) The Board of Punishments is com-to the Bureau of Feansmission of Imperial manded to investigate strictly into the atone and charged to the Chekiang govern-edicts and despatches. ment.—Rescript: Noted. complaints of the mounted gendarme, Ching Show, who personally appealed for 27th April.
30th April. relief at the Palace gates this morning.
(1) Let the commoner Liu Wen-feng, a native of Shuntienfu, who appealed per-No papers of interest. bth May. sonally to us at the Palace gates, be handed
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