'The Duke of Yung asks for twenty days' extra leave of absence from Court owing to prolonged illness. Yeu Siu having com-{pleted his leave of absence reports his return to Court duties.
CONTRIBUTION TO THE CHTHLE FAMINE FUND, ang-t, Military Governor nychiang, and his collensgues desire to
distress now p avalent in the Metropolitan. convey their sympathies with the great prefecture of Shnntienfa and Chibli province caused by the recent rains there, lind, knowing well that in such a crisis every cent of money may be the means of saving a life, set about to offer their sympathies in a substantial form. Tt was at first intended to buy grain and transport it to Chihli, but this would take time, and. time under the circumstances was precious. The best way therefore to do was to send the money collected by the memorialist and his colleagues by wire to Peking through Chinese banks, and to telegraph
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