Yun, with the brevet grade of a President of a Board and Governor of on vacating his post, to have failed to account fore ernment funds amounting to Tls. 33 odd, to his successor and aly to have damaged through the carelessness of his subordinates over stored in is district, to the report of Lin Shu-tang, Provincial Treasurer of Chekiang, who quotes the despatch of Té-k'd-chin-a, Prefect of Wenchow, the defaulting magistrate f Lutstinghsien, who is now dead, Sheng Yii, failed to account to his successor on delivering the seals of his office, for government funds aggregating to a total of Tls. 7,933 odd, and that when his successor the new Chehsi ighsien, in the prefecture of Wenchow, examined the district imaties he found that owing to the care-jessness of his predecessor's subordinates in not repairing the roofs of the granaries, over 502 shih of grain had beewme mildewed or damaged by the rain dripping through the roofs, and was utterly unfit for food. in consequence of this memorialists request permission to confiscate the property of the now deceased Sheng Yi, whether at Lots'inghsien or his house in Hangchow, for which purpose they request to be al: lowed to order the Prefects of Hanychow and Wenchow to make secret enquiries as to the actual estate of the deceased officer in order thats preper valuation may be made to make up the outstanding deficits, Furthermore, the deceased Shény Yui having been a member of the White Banner of the Hanchtin Corps, the Throne is asked to command the Captain-General ut his Banner at Peking to find out what property the deceased official owned in his allotment live the same sold on account immediately and the proceeds sent on to Hangchow in order to make up the whole amount that has been owing by the deceased Sheng Yii.—Rescript:" Let it be as requested and let the proper yumén take note,
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