Li Han-chang reports that when last year there was great distress on_account of brought in the districts of Kiangsu and Kiangning, he was asked by Lui Ktun-yi to invite subscriptions in aid of the suf-forers. The many calls that have lately been made on the charitable have somewhat exhausted their resources, but yet memorialist is very pleased to be in a position to state that two very handsome contributions of Tls. 10,000 each have been made by the Magistrates of the Nanhai avd P'auyii_Distriets who both come from the lower Yangtze provinces. Although they personally do not wish any notice to be taken of their generous action, memorialist would venture to recommend them both for promotion.—Request granted,
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