T'o-lun-po submits sri application for permission to retire from the public service on the ground of continued ill-health. An old wound which he received years ago when serving against the rebels has broken out afresh and causes him great difficulty in walking. The doctors assure him that to health, and ough he is reluctant to but complete rest will restore him
show himself ungrateful for all the favours he has received from the Throne, he has no resource but to make the present application,—Deeree already published.
25th March,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.