(1) Owing to the disreputable name which the Kiangsu Expectant Tao Shen Tun-ho, was known to possess, commanded our special High Commissioner, Kang Yi, to examine into the matter, when he arrived at Nanking. 'The said Kang Yi has now handed in his report upon the said Taotai, in which he accuses him of avariciouyuess, shamelessness, cunning, and parasitical conduct. All' these the said Kang Yi declares he has proof of and asks that wu example be made of the said Shen Tun-ho. We hereby command Shen Tun-ho to be cashiered of his rank and that he be banished to work on the military post roads. Liu K'un-yi, Viceroy of the Liangkiang provinces, and T8"Shou, Governor of Kianssu (Soochow), are here. by commanded to at once see to it that the cashiered officer be sent under escort at once to his place of banishment and that he be prevented from lingering in Kiangsu province.
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