(1) As Tso-Ié-feng-d and Kuei Hsiang are now encamped at the cap of instruction in the Southern Hunting Park, their posts in the Capital of Captains-General of the Blue Mongol and Bordered White Chinese Banners are*hereby given pro tem, to Huai T'a-pu and Kuei Pin, (2) As Fen Ch'é is now encamped with his battalion-in the Southern Hunting Park the post of Comptroller of the Imperial Cortége is hereby given to En Shou pro tem.
(3) The posts in the capital held by Fen Ch'é and Hsin Chih such as the Lieutenant-Genernlships of the Burdered Yellow and Blue Manchu Banners are hereby given protein. to Prince Tsai Ying and AK'-tan, respectively, during the former two officers' absence at the Southern Hunting Park, (4) K'uei_ Hsin is appointed _scting Lieutenant-General of the Blue Chinese Banner vice Fon Ch'e now encamped at the Southera Hunting Park.
(6) A K'-tan is appointed acting Commandant of the Vanguard Division of the Imperial Guard vice Fen Ch'@ absent at the Southern Hunting Park, 12th September.
IIPERIAL DECREES, (1) Teng Hua-hsi, Governor of Anhui, reports that Wu Ting-fen, Junior Vice: President. of the Borrd Civil Appoint. ments, who was allowed two months ago, by special Imperial grace, to return to his native province of Anhui torepnir the tombs of his nucestora now writes to memorialist that he has not been uble to finish his duty at the said tombs within the two months allowed him to do so by his Majesty, and hence requests the memorialist to report the matter to the Throne and pray that the said Wa Ting-ftn be ermmitted to resign his post fur the in order to enable him to devote his time to such an important duty as has now devolved upon him as the sole living descendant of his accosters. The prayer is granted and Wu Tiny-fen is permitted to resign his post.
Note.—It appears that ever since Wa Ting-fen got his degree of Hanlin twenty years ago he had been kept by his duties at Peking in consequence of which he has been absent from his home during all that time. As the only living member of his family his request to remain in Anhui to repair kis ancestors' tombs therefore becomes, in Chinese eyes, all the stronger, and the Emperor could not do otherwise than to allow his prayer—Translator.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.