(1) Li Ching-chun, the commoner who appealed t" us in the streets this morning, is hereby handed to the Board of Punishments, which is coramsnded to investigate carefully the cause of his appeal to us, (2) We hare received the memorial of E-k'6-tang-A, Tartar-General of Fengtien and Military Governor of Moukden, asking that the newly appointed Civil Governor of BMoukden be ordered to hasten to take up his post, owing to the accumulation of work and the inability of the memorialist to attend to it all. We hereby command 'Ting Chieh, the Civil Governor-designate of Moukden, to combat once to Peking for his' audience, after which he is to proceed without delay to his new post to assist the said Tartar General.
(8) Li Ping-hong, Governor of Shantung, sends usa list of deserving officials whose watchfulness and activity enabled them to patch up the breaches in the Yellow River at West Hanchiak'ou last month, in consequence of which the river could not do much damage, and also a list of officers who worked diligently -and intelligent-ly at the breach lat year at Chnochia Gardens, We hereby grant the reward. and promotions asked for in the case of certain of the officers named in the two liste, (Here follow the names of some seventy ofticials—Trmslator.) And the Boards of War and Civil Appointments are hereby commanded to take note thereon.
16th October.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.