The Viceroy Pien Pav-ti com his health has been gradually getting worse since the Autunm of last your. He suffers sleeplessness, shariness of breath, ud coughing. Lately troubled with diarrhoea and boils which often prevent him from closing his eyes all night Jong. His physicians tell him that he cannot expect to improve as long as he has the anxieties of office om his mind. He therefore ushs that he may be granted 20 days' leave of absence to enable him to recruit his health. The ordinary duties of the post will be dischuyed ly the Lientenut-Governer, but should" anything of importance decur, the memorialist - will attend to it himmeli. Besides, if his health improves in the meantime, he hopes, even before the expiration of his leave, to super intend the preparations for the conduct of the forthcoming examinations for the second degree.—Grunted by Keserip!.
24th August.
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