The Ministers of State of this Department present to His Majesty the petition of the Prince of the Av-Khan tribe of Mongols, Ta-mu-lin-ta-erh-ta-k'o, praying for help in repairing his ancestral tombs, yunan, ete., destroyed by the rebels in the neighbourhood of Jehol in the autumn of 1891.
The Prince states that the tomb of the Imperial Princess, the daughter of the Imperial ancestor eanonised us the Emperor Tai Tsing (came to the Manchurian throne in A.D, 137), who was given in marriage to his ancestor, and all the tombs of his ancestors were opened by the rebels and the contents scattered.
is grief and wrath are terrible. His yeanén and the possessions of his whole tribes having been destroyed, he is destitute in life of a dwelling for his body and in death of a place of repose for his spi He represents that the necessity for immediate repair of the tombs, the ancestral hall, temple, and yamen; but fur this an expenditure of several tens of thou-funds of taels is required and he is absolutely without funds, Decree previously issued. granting Tis.
3rd February.
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