With reference to the memorial of Hsin and his colleagues of the Mongolian Superintendency, denouncing the superintendent of the southern granary. of Peking of having intermixed dirt and other matter into the rice distributed to a certain Banner regiment, in order to ridd weight and quantity to fill the vacuum made by the abstraction of good grain, ete., we at once ordered Hsiang Lin and Liao Shou-hang, the Comptrollers-General of the Imperial Granaries in Peking and Tungchow, to investigate into the said charges and their report is now before us. They state that in the 7th moon (August), the complaint was made during the distri bution of the monthly rice rations of the Bordered Yellow Banner Corps of Mongols, According to the instructions of the Board of Revenue the rice distributed on such occasions was to consist of tw" parts old rice and one part new. All this was properly observed by the Mancha superintendent of the granary in question, and memorialists find that in obeying his instructions the said superintendent had b-en in no wise '"haughty, arrogant or cunning in the discharge o° his duties," as he hud been accused of being, or could it be discovered that he had in'any way adulterated the rice in the manner c-plained of, But as he has been found to have used irrelevant excuses when accused by his denounce Kuang Jui, the Manchu superintendent, is in a manner culpable. So was also Lia Eh-i Lan, the Chinese superintendent, who although not on duty on that occasion, being his "off day," he has been found culpable for having appeared dilatorily on the scene when the Bannermen made the disturbance while receiving their ions. The two officials herein named are hereby handed over to the Board of Civil Appointments for the determination of adequate penalties therefor.
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