(2) The Commandant of the Peking Gendarmerie reports the confiscation by him of the property of a number of criminals who had been plundering the rice stored in the Imperial granaries for years without detec tion. He also reports the capture of 14 of the men alleged to be connected with the above yang. We command that the prisoners be handed over to. the Board of Punishments for trial and, if found guilty, they are to be punished' to the utmost imi of the law.
4th September.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.