(1) As the post of senior prefect of the province of Hupeh, namely, that of Wuchang, is one of great importance, we hereby command the Viceroy and Governor of the said province (Chang Chih-tung and T'an Chi hsiiny to select from all the substantive pref-ets under them the man most fitted for the post and let the expectant prefect Yi Chao-k'ang be appointed to the prefecture vacated by the officer of their choice.
(2) The other day the Censor Huang-chun-lung denounced Jui Chang, Provincial Treasurer of Kiangning, Upper Kiangsu, for meanness and avarice, ete. and we accordingly delegated Chao Shu-jao, Governor of Kiangsu, to investigate into the said charges. The report of the said Governor is now before us in which he declares that the charge of avarice against the said
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