(1) Ch'ienChiin-hsiang, Literary Chaneellerot Shansi, sends us aneulogistic memorial praising certain officials under his jurisdietion in Shansi rud asking promotions for them as he hay found the mid oft uniformly earnest and diligent in their duties, and in character and conduct every way worthy of the honour of being termed members of the literati. Wo join the said memorialist. in commending the conduct of the suid officials, and hereby command that Jou Lai-p', formerly dis. trict director of studies of T'ungerhsien cently promoted to be prefectural director of studies of Ptuchou prefecture; Ying Puchsia, departments director of studies of Yunguinghsien; Liu Tav-hsin, district director of stulles of Ningwuhsien, and Cheng Kuing-huan, sub-director of studies of the hamlet of Chien-yuan-hsiung, be rewarded as follows:—Jén Lai-p'o, Ying Pu-hsia and. Liu The-hsin are hereby each granted the brevet rank of Secretary of the Grand Secretarint, and Chang Kuan huan is-given the brevet rank of a director of studies: in the Imperial Academy, in order to stimulate a fecting of emulation amongst the other directors of studies in the said province vf Shansi (2) The same memorialist in n postscript memorial also eulogises two Ist ¢.ass licen-fiates of Shansi, namely, Hu Ying-sheng of Traiyuenfu (provincial capital) and Ku Ju-kang of Ch'ihsien. In reward therefor we hereby grant the said licentiates the rank of sub-director of studies to await appoint ment by the Boards, 23rd August,
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