(1) As a measure to encourage the masses to invent new and useful things, and emulate the West in literary efforts for the benefit of the Empire, we hereby eto give extraordinary rewards to write practical and useful books, invent articles of use, machinery, etc, granting to euch, according to the value of their labours, either substant or brevet official rank, hereditary nobility, or decorations in order to encourage the spirit of emulation throughout the empire.
hey will also be granted certain limits of time and special facilities to enjoy the benefits of their inventions or literary efforts to the exclusion of those
establish by their sole efforts schools, who might as 4 them, while to such as foundries, big guns and arms factories, ete., we promise to reward as our dynasty has been in the habit of rewarding successful Generals who have done extraordinary service to their country. We now command the Tsungli Yamen to draw up the necessary rules and regulations in connection with the above and report upon the same at once.
(2) Commanding that a number of bandits captured by the Peking gendarmerie be turned over to the Board of Punishments for tri
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