Tartar General of Féngt'ien, reports that in accordance with previous instructions issued by the Boards, he is now preparing the semi-annual accounts of the expenditure of the disciplined troops of Lower Manchuria, As there is urgent need of reform in the expenses of these troops, he has now the satisfaction of reporting that he has succeeded in retrenching for the past six months, commencing the Ist day of the Ist moon this year to the end of the 6th moon, the sum of Tls. 28,576.16, which he has put down to the accounts of the disciplined regiments, and the Chiehshéng and Ch'angshéng battalions.—Rescript Let the Board of Revenue take note.
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