Jun, Governor of Anhui, cashiering, removing from office, or degrading " number of district magistrates and petty officials of Anhui province, accused of various misdemesnours or lack of ability in the execu-also ordered to investigate and find out whether the excuse made by the district magistrate of Huaimouhsien "that he was absent on official business when the affair happened " is true or not; but at all events he is to be given a certain period of time to recapture the runaways.
(3) We have already received details of the floods in the Eastern and Western parts of the I: mperial prefecture of Shun-} caused by the overflowing "f the banks of the Han and other rivers in Hupeh province. Fortunately no lives have been lost but the number of houses destroyed by the floods is enormous. The water came inside the city walls of Lotien-hsien on the Anhui border and destroyed number of houses but with no loss of life. The memorialist has, therefore, called upon the district magistrates of tion of their several duties.
(2) We have received the memorial of Li Hung-tsao, reporting that although the leave of absence granted him is about to expire, his maladies have not yet been healed and p-aving to be allowed to resign from office. ete. There is no necessity of Li Hung-tsao to resign his post, and he is given another month to attend to his maladies, We hereby command Hsii Ying-kuei to tien fu; but ano: her great dis"ster has come frou another quarter caused by the breaking of the banks of the Yungting river on the 2nd of August, whereby the Districts of Wanping, Tehsing, Tungan, Wuting, and Yungtsing have been more or fess submerged, causing terrible distress amongst our poor people. We therefore command Sun Chia-nat and his colleagues to send, at once, reliable deputies to the scene of the inundations and report thereon in order that urgent relief be sent to those need of help from us. The said Governor Adjunct is also ordered to find means of increasing the Charity Relief fund. We further command the Board of Revenue to notify the provinces +f Hunan, ete., to send up, at once, the annual appropriations recently ordered by us to constitute a fixed Famine Fund for Shuntienfu and Chibli ovine. Let there be no excuses uor delay in sending up this money, thereby causing greater distress to our' suffering people of the inundated districts. The said Board is commanded to take special note thereon, (4) With reference to the memorial of the Censor Li Nien-tze, denouncing the luck of discipline in the battalions under the command of Ts'ui Ting-kuei, Brigndier-General of the Kueité division of Honan, and thet the said General's son Ts'ul Hung-ting, an expectant Trotai of Honan, "had been guilty of spending the money destined to pay the said battalions the Director-General ut the Yellow er We forthwith commanded Jen Teo-jung, in Honan, to make a strict investigation into the above charges and report truthfully to us. The report of the said officer is now before us in which hw declares that the charges made against the said Brigadier General are groundless, and therefore need not be dealt with. But as to his son, although the charges against him have not been proved, yet as he has brought himself into notice in such a matter it is @ proof of his inexperience and want of tact. We therefore command Liu Shu-tang, the Governor of the said province, to watch the said Taotai's future conduct and report to ys if he be still found acting in an improper spanner. Further, with reference to the said Cen. sor's denunciation of the practice now prevalent of fathers and sons holding office in the same ce, and that the same rules shozid be observed amongst military officials as in the case of civil offici-is, let the Boards of Civil Appointments and of War report conjointly thereon.
(6) With reference to the memorial of Wang Wén-sha-, Viceroy of Eh hli, denouncing the officials in charge of the' conservation of the Yungting rives, a breach of which occurred on the 2nd instant, and asking that. he also be penalized for want of watchfulness, ete., let the officers nated in his memorial be handed to the Bourd for the determination of adequate penalties and let the said Viceroy and his subordinates good the eaid breach. As to the villages exercise their best endeavours in making which have suffered by this inundation let the said Viceroy send trustworthy deputies all who stand in need of sour. Let to the scene and distribute urgent relief to Macheng and Chiangling to contribute each act as President of the Board of Rites 3,000 piculs of rice, Huangkanghsien 2,000 during Li Hung-tsav's absence un leave. piculs, and Shanshui 1,000 piculs, or a total 17th August. of 9,000 piculs to be sold at a reduced
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