(1) Prince Tsai Lien, 4th Order, is appointed to examine the literary proficiency of Manchu, Mongol, and Hanchun candidates fur the licentiate degree, and Yit Té, President (Manchu) of the Court of Censors, is appointed t" examine the said candidates in archery on horseback and on foot.
(2) En Lun is appointed Chief Proctor of the above-named examinations.
(3) The Boards of Civil Appointments and of War are commanded to report on the revised list presented by Ta Ch'un, Police Censor of the Northern City, and
the notables and gentry of the said city his colleagues, of deserving officials and who were the means of lately capturing a number of notorious brigands who had hewn infesting the metropol (4) Liu Shu-tang, Governor of Honan. denounces the Director of Studies and the civil and military officers of the depart ment magistracy of Chéngchou in the above province. It appears that three months ago the temple of Confucius in the said city was set fire to through culpable carelessness of those in charge, who are under the said Director of Studies. Nor can the local civil and military officials of Chéngchou be held blameless since they were unable to put out the conflagration, which therefore resulted in the total destruction of the said temple. We therefore command that Chu Yen-chao, Director of Studies, and Wang Ho-shan, Assistant Director of Studies of Chengchou, Shao Ch'eng-vii, Department magistrate of Chéngchou and Ch'ang Chao-kuei, lieutenant in command of the local garrison, be all handed to the Boards for the determination of adequate penalties as a warning to all.
17th June.
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