(1) Teng Hua-hsi, Governor of Anhui, transferred to the Governorship of and Wang Chih-chun, Governor of the last-named province, is transferred to Anhui, the said two Governors exch: ing posts.
(2) With reference to a memorial of the Censor Yii Ch'éng-kd, who denounced the other day Ch'én Cheng, prefect of Eh' tutu, Fengtien province, for various misdememours, we commanded Li Ping-hong ate the charges and report truth fully to us the result. The report of the said Li Ping-hong is now before us, in which he states that he found that the accused prefect had a very bad reputation amongst the people in his jurisdiction, that he had been proved of giving bribes to gain the goodwill of his superiors, of receiving bribes from litigants and of encouraging bandits to pillage the inhabitants owing to his effete police organisation, We. hereby command that the accused prefect be furth-cashiered and dismissed for ever from the public service.
4th November.
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