Keeper of the Seal of the Treasury of the Bua'd of Revenue, denounces the lax manner in which' the local provincial officials who Inve failed to make good their tax deficits to the provincial treasuries, have been of late dealt with by their superiors the provi authorities, The memorialist suggests that defaulting officials be henceforth severely punished, since these defalcations or delays in paying up arrears in taxes if totaller up would aggregate to many hundreds of thousands of taels—n welcome addition to the present Hepleted condition of the Imperial exchequer. We certainly agree in toto with the sentiments set forth in the said methanal and would warn the Viceroys and Governors of our provinces to be more on tha alert in the performance of their duties in this re: pect. They are, henceforth, given the liberty to denounce as severely xs possible any delinquencies stich as these vote! above by the said Censor, avd we look to our high authorities to cleanse the official arena in this respect.
(2) The Commanda-t of the Peking Gendarmerie, Jung In, reports the capture by his force of the remaining mem-bors of the band of desperadoes formerly led by the notorious Kang Pa-erh who was traced to Newchwang last. spring, captored, brought back to the capital, ant summarily decapitated by special Impe dveree, Five of the gang (names give were captured yesterday after a de: perate fight, in which s-me of the ge tlatmes were wounded, and these prisouern we hereby command are to be handed over to the Board of Punishments for trial and sentence according to the laws of the land. Thers now remains, according to thy report of the sid Commandant, only one member of K'ang Pa-erh's gang, Yang No 4," who is still +t large, having esecped arrest, so far. Let no effort be spared in compassing this man's capture in order that the whole band may be swept from the fice of the earth. As soon as the Board of Punishments shal have given sentences on the five men above noyed, we command the said Commandant to present to us a list of the deserving of his officers and men who distinguished themselves by their bravery and en rgy in capturing these desperadocs, in orier shat adequate rewards may be granted to them. Further, those office's and mon of the di-ciplined butalion of Fengtien province who assisted the gendarmes in capturing K'ang Pa-oth in Newchwang, and later on the
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