(1) As the Imperial Doke Fu Chu-li has to retire into mourning for the death of his father we hereby command Fen Ch'é to act as Lieutenant-General of the Blue Banner of the Chinese Banner Corps ad interim. is commanded to deliberate upon the memorial of Sun Chia-uai, Governor Ad-Joint, and Hu Yi-fen, Governor, of Peking Tevpectively, recommending that Shen Chung-mu, at present sub-prefect of Pachou, be promoted independent subprefect of the Nortlora Marches.
20th August, No papers of interest.
21st August.
IMPERIAL DECREES, (1) Ch'éng Jui (Msnchu) is appointed prefect of Kanchou, in Kansu.
(2) Yesterday us the Tinperinl Cortdge was returning to Peking from Eho Park we were appealed to for justice by one Chiang Chang-chien, a commoner of Honsn province, and also' by the commoners, Wang Té-fu and Li Hua-ting, of Hupeh provines who claimed that they had been oppressed by the local authorities of their respective districts. We hereby command the Board of Punishments to make a strict investigation into the cases of the said cowmaners and report the result to us.
22nd August,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.