Ssi-ta why was acting as Prefect of Chien-Some years ago an officer named Chiang ning in Fukien was suddenly relieved of his duties under circumstances which made him suspect that his withdrawal from his post mae the result of intrigue; He forma certain charges against his successor and a number of other officials in the province, and at the instance of the Gensorate, to whom his petition was addressed, a commission composed of Kuei-hong and Shen Yuan-shen, two Vice-Presidents of Boards in Peking, was sent to Fukien to hold an investigation into the case, Their report has been received and forms the subject of " Decree in, which sentence is pronoun upon the parties. Liang Yii-vii, the officer who was appointed to succeed Chiang Ssu-ta in the post of acting Prefect, was really first on the list for prefermentof the kind, but being apparently unaware of this, he bribed the private Secretary of the late Governor-General to his influence on his behalf. The Secre-
Commander-in-Chief Shen ug wi acted upon his suggestion and deputed one of his subordinates to receive the bribe. Wang: Chi-kuang, the private Secretary, is dead:
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