(1) Rewards granted to a large body of assistant compilers of the Collected Institutes of the Dynasty, in answer to a. by the Grand Secretary and Shu and his c-leagues, the Vice-Presidents of the Buard of Compilers.
Note.—The it ork of compiling and revising the p I records of the present dynasty, beginning from the 13th year of Chia Ching, or over seventy years go, was commenced two years ago (1896).—Translator.
(2) We have received a memorial from Kuo Hsin, Censor of the Middle City, complaining of the rowdy conduct of one Sung Hsin, a member of the Imperial Clan, who, after having created a fight with a rowdy Of the common people brought the latter, assisted by a number of others not in custody, to the police magistrate's yamen belonging to the memorialist's jurisdiction, for trial and punishment. Because the said magistrate refused to be dictated to by the said Sung Hsin, the latter began to make a disturbance in Court, ending in smashing some of the windows of the said yamen. We hereby command that the delinquent be handed to the Imperial Clan Court which is to try the case in conjunction with the Board of Punishments and punish him according to law.
9th April.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.