(1) Ma Chen-shan is appointed Major Cowmandant of the Right battalion of the Viceregal yuards of Szechuan, and Chisng Tien-yuan is appointed to a similar post in the Kueilin battalion of Kuangsi.
(2) With reference t" the report of the breaking of gaol of a condemned prisoner in the district of Ts'aohsien, Shantung, we hereby command that the yad-warden Liu Ting-kuei be forthwith cashiered and that Li Ping-hong, the Governor st the province, do hereby arrest the said gaol-warden und his subordinates and place them under trial to see whether any bribery has been used to buy them into loosenitig the bonds and fetters of the said prisoner in order to facilitate his escape from the laws. With regard to the excuse made by Ts'ao Chiisheng, the District Magistrate of 's-aohsien, that he was absent from Ins yanén om official business at the time of the escape, let the said Governor enquire into the truth of the plea and at the same time give the said magistrate a certain period of time to recapture the escaped prisoner, failing which he is to be denounced to the Throne and degraded according to law,
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