(1) During our progress to the Eho Park yesterday morning we were applied on the road by two Mongol herdsman, belonging to the Imperial Parks, for justice. We hereby command the Board of Punishments to carefully investigate the cases of the said appellants and report the result to us, (2) On the morning of the Summer Sol-stick (21st June) sacrifices should be made at the temples of Earth and Bountiful Showers; and in this connection we command Trai Hsin, Prince of Chuang, to inspect the sacrificial animals to be used on that day, and Heir Ying-kuei, President of the Board of Rites, is to superintend the slaying of the said sacrificial animals.
(3) On the Ist of July next falls the anniversary of the birth of the sacred god Kuanti.. We hereby appoint Né Lé-ha to conduct the sacrifices and Kuei Chang is to sacrifice at the rear altars.
(4) Jung Lu is appointed a Grand Sceretary and Comptroller-General of the Board of Revenue; Kang Yi is transferred to the Presidency of the Board of War, vacated by the said Jung Lu, and is appointed an Assistant Grand Secretary. The Presidency of the Board of Punishments thereby vacated by the said Kang Yi is to be given to Chung Li.
(5) We have received the memorial of -Pao Nien, Tartar General of Canton (Kuangehoufu) denouncing, certain incap-Stic ofoers nder Huss, la reports that a cavalry trooper of the Manchu garrison a gambling quarrel with an artillery of Canton named Té cong recently had soldier, Fu Ying, the letter being seriously injured by the former who then at once deserted. The memorialist denounces the Colonel commanding the said cavalry regiment whose incapacity and lick of discipline made it possible for such a disgraceful fight, his offence being still further aggravated by the failure ofthe said Colonel to arrest the said deserter. For this misdemeanour degraded to the rank of a captain in whiok the accused Colonel Lien Pao is hereby
capacity he is still to serve under the memorialist. As for the company officers of the deserter's regiment, who should have been more careful of discipline, we hereby cashier the captain, Ying Hui, of his captaincy, while he is still allowed to retain his 8th rank of hereditary nobility which entitles him to the post of Qnd lieutenant of the said Manchu garrison, The lieutenants of the said company, Hong Heiang and Sai Peh, are hereby handed over to the Board of War for the same reason for the determination of adequate penalties.
(6) Appointing a large number of Chinese and Manchu expectant officials to the Metropolitan and Provincial administrations.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.