The Archive · 1898

Important Changes in Peking

A telegram received from Tientsin on Thursday announces that H.E, Jun; Lu is appointed Viceroy of Chibli, the present Viceroy, H. E. Wang Wen-shao, being-ordered to Peking. The present incumbent of the Board of Revenue, Peking, has been dismissed from all his offices.

of the Grand Secretariat and of the Special {H.E. Lig Lu is a Manchu, a member War Department "ud the Tsungli Yamen, who was quite recently appointed Comptroller-General of the Board of Revenue and a full Grand Secretary. H.E. Wang Wen-shao, it will be remembered, was specially recommended to the Emperor by rince Kung on his deathbed. The two Presidents of the Board of Revenue are LO. Ching Hsin, a Manchu, who is a member of, the ''sungli Yamen, and H.E. Wong Tung-ho, the Emperor's tutor, who is a member of the Grand Secretariat, the

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