The same high official in a posteript memorial reports that he is sending the first instalment of 1893 of Tls. 40,000 for the Treasury of the Board of Admiralty, which is one-tenth of the sum ordered by Imperial Decree to be paid out of the likin revenue of Chékixng province, yourly, forthe expenses of the Imperial ocean-going fleet, and that he has bought 1 draft on Tientsin through a Chinese bank, the same to he paid to the order of Li Hung-chang, ce-President of the said Admiralty Board.—Rescript: Let the Board of Admiralty take note.
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