The Governor-General of the Min-Chéh provinces, T'an Chung-lin, reports the death of the mother of Wu Hung-lu, Brigadier~ General of the Pescadore Islunds, on the 4th of April last at her home in Hofei, Anhui, © and the consequent retirement into mourning of Major General Wu Hung-lu, and requests that his successor may be appointed to what is considered to be one of the most important commands in Fukien province. In the meanwhile memorialist in conjunction with Shao Yii-lien, Governor of Formosa, has appointed General Wan Chin-eng to be acting Brigadier. General
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