Last spring an officer named Hu Kuanning, who was in command of the Chinese gunboat Chaown, saved the lives of seventeen shipwrecked persons, some Chinese and some foreigners. For this the Viceroy Li Hung-chang recommended him to the Emperor for promotion. The Emperor signified his approval; but the Board of ar represented that by the rules in force, sucha mark of favour could only be granted for saving thirty people. Recently, however, the same officer has rescued fourteen Chinese from a capsized junk off the coast of Chekiang and Fukien. -A fresh request for his promotion is therefore made by the Viceroy.—R-ferred to the Board War.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.