Li Han-chang, Governor-General of the Liangkuang' provinces, asks for the Imperial approval in the shape of a tablet written. in autograph characters in favor of a man named Hsié Té-chung of Canton, who expended Tls. 3,000 in obedience to his deceased mother's commands on making and repairing some country roads in the suburbs of Canton to the length of over 1,300 chang, i.e. about three miles,—Rescript: Granted. Let the Board of Rites take note.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.