The same officials report that since the Srd year of the reign of Hsien Feng (1853) it has been the custom for the Military Assistant Governor of Kirin and its dependencies to patrol the ginseng hill reservations, every quarter of the year except the summer quarter when the luxuriant undergrowth effectually barred the presence of man in the forests and glens of there ginseng reserva.ions. According to precedent these patrols were made last year, and everything was found to be Quiet, no marauding bands being found in the vicinity digging for the precious roots.—Reseript: Noted.
8th June,
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