(1) The 10th day of this month (12th November) being the anniversu of my birthday, T, the Empress Dowager, hereby comm ud that there shall be no Court held on the 1th, 12th ud 13th days of the month in celebrat thereof, (2) The expectant General, Mei Tung-yih, who had an audience this morni hereby commanded to return to Chihli, when he is to report for duty to V Yii Luat Tientsin, His name is recorded in the Grand Council fe mediate substantive promotion.
9th November.
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