(1) It grieves us to hear of the death from sickness of K'uei Ping, Military Governor of Jehol, to which post he had deen promoted from the Military Governorship of Ch'abar on account of good service to the State, As a token of special grace let all misdemeanours marked against K'uei Ping's name in the' Boards be erased from the records and let the proper yxméu allow his family the State grant of Tls. 500, usual to persons of his rank, This eum may be drawn from the Treasury of the Jehol Intendant of Circuit, and as a farther mark of grace let K'uei Ping's son, Yuan T'ung, be given the rank of an Under Secretary of one of the Peking Boards, in token of our sympathy for the bereaved family of a jood and faithful servant who has died in is master's service.
Military Governor of Jehok.
(2) Let T'ing Yung be appointed Acting A REPORT ON TRE PASSAGE OF THE TRIBUTE
GRAIN BOATS THROUGH THE GRAND CANAL, Hu Chen-wei, an Officer of the Premier button and Director-General of the Grand grain boats belonging to the Kiangpeh Canal, reports the passage of the tribute ject through the Grand Canal into the Yellow River at Tienchin lock. The me-monalist has already reported the entrance of the first squadron of the Kiangpeh tribute grain boats into Shantung waters at Huanglin village, but owing to the various State grants of the tribute rice in aid of famine sufferers the number of boats belonging to this and the Kiangsu fleet has diminished considerably from that of former years, and for this reason there his been always plenty of water for navigating the grain boats passing through the Canal, although memorialist at the head of his staff of the Canal Intendant and his subordinates have in no wise lacked watchfulness and care to provide for any contingency for the safe of the various grain fleets, by which means there have been no blocks or other mishaps reported. The memorialist also sent deputies to hasten on the grain fleets which as already reported entered the Shantung jurisdiction of the Grand Canal on the 6th of June last, and now has to report the arrival of the whole fleet at Tsining from the 2ist of June at 12 o'clock, noon, to the 25th of the same month at 5.o'elock in the afternoon. On the Ist of July at 10 o'clock in the forenoon the whole fleet passed the Trienchin lock safely in one jong line into the Yellow river. Asin this portion of Shahtung there has been very little rain, there was much fear entertained in ease there should be a lack of water, insufficient for the safe navigation of the above mentioned fleets of Kiangsu. and Kiangpeh, but the vigilance and care of the memorialist's subordinates in closing and opening the various locks at the proper moment obviated all danger and the tribute grain boats have passed safely into the Yellow river.—Rescript: Let the Bourd of Revenue take note.
19th July.
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