Li Chin-hsi, Salt Intendant of Huvan, reports the taking over of the seals of the Provincial Judgeship of Hunan, The memorialist received at the end of May last, a despatch from Ch'en Pao-chen, Governor of Hunan, sending information of the death of Kuei Chung-hsing, the Provincial Judge at Ch'angsha, the capital of the province, on the previous, day and commanding him to ae for the time being, as Judge, pending the selection of another Judge by his Majesty, ete. Memorialist accordingly having settled all hix affairs connected with his Intendancy handed over his seals to his acting successor and took over the seals of the acting Judgeship on the Ist of Juno last, accordance with etiquette memori Uereby. reports the date of his taking ovr of the said seals to' the Throne, Rescript: Noted.
10th July.
INPERIAL DECREES, (1) Yin Yii-ting is hereby appointed Groom of the Library in the Supervisorate of Instruction of the Heir-Apparent.
(2. We have received the report of Lu Chinan-lin, Vie-roy of Szechuan, stating that one Wu Lao-erh, a condemned criminal lying in the Péngshan district goal of that" province, had. succeeded in escaping from prison throug the carelessness of the gaol-warden and his assistants, We hereby command that the said gaol-warden be cashiered and sent under arrest, together with his assistants, to Chengtu for trial by the said Viceroy himself, in order to find out whether any: bribery had been accepted to facilitate the escape of the said condemned from prison, or otherwise. As for K'ang Shou-ting,' the district magistrate of Péngshanhsien, who doo'ares that he was absent from his yamen on special official business, at the tine of the said breaking of gaol, thereby thinking to exonerate himself from responsibility in the affair, we fail to seo it in this light and command that the said magistrate be handed to the Board of Civil Appointments for the determination of proper penalty for his carelessness. The said Vio-roy shall see to it that every effort be made for the recapture of the said Wu Lgo-erh within the.period limited by Jaw, in order that justice may take its usual course and the laws be not cheated.
11th July.
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