Shensi'and Kansu, reports that two grad-nates by purchase, Ch'én Pao-hsuan and Ch'én Sou, natives of Kuangtung, represented themselves as natives of Kansu and obtained the eighth and twenty-fifth places in the examination for the degree of Licen-tinto held in the provincial capital. On being questioned by the authorities they admitted that they were-natives of Kuangtung, but they stated that they had lived for Many years in Kansu and were not aware of the regulations, which make it compulsory to inform the local authorities with " view to obtaining a certificate allowing the candidate to compete in an examination for the degree of licentiate in a province which is not his native province.
this case is different from cases in which The memoriliat suggests that although pooplehave passed themselves off as natives, after only a short, residence in a province, yet as Ch'in Pao-hsian and Ch'éu Sen had not given due notice to the local authorities they should consequently be deprived of their licentiate's degree.
Rescript.—Let Ch'én Pao-hsuan and Chien Sin be deprived of their Licentinte's Degree.
29th November.
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