The Viceroy Tseng Kuo-ch'iian presents a Memorial. He says that the distress in Anhui and Kiangsu is so widely. spread that the funds at the disposal of the government are insufficient to cope with it. In consequence of this state of affairs the Emperor consented that honours should be conferred upon the donors of contributions for the benefit of the sufferers. At the present moment, when extreme cold prevails, raiment for the poor is especially needed. Five officials, therefore, in different parts of the country have come forward, each with the gift of a thousand wadded coats, or a thousand complete suits, which they desire to be presented in accordance with the expressed wishes of their deceased parents. The Memorialist. suggests that permission should be of portals in honour of the donors of these given for the erection charitable bequests.—Granted.
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