Lien Yuan (Manchu), Provincial Judge of Avhui, is hereby ordered to resign his post and come unto Peking. Ho is further given the rank of an expectant Metropo-Titan Officer of the 3rd grade and shall do duty as a Minister of the Tsungli Yamen.
{Note: The day before (16th) another Manchu, Kuei Chin, Provincial Judge of Kansu, was also promoted in the same way to the Tsungli Yamen, the new policy of the Empress Dowager being to make the Manchu element preponderate both at Peking and in the provinces—Ep:]
A SEW CHINESE MEMBER OF THE SAME
Chao Shu-chiao, President of the Board of Punishments, is appointed a member of the Teungli Yamin vice Ha Yi(tn, 3e-
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