The other day, owing to dissatisfaction among the Manchu Banner troops as to the dirty and uneatable quality of the rice distributed to them every month by the authorities of the Imperial Granaries, at Peking, we commanded that in future the rice distributed shall be composed of nine-tenths new rice and one-tenth old; an order which is beyond cavil. But now Chang Sui, (Manchu) Superintendent. of Imperial Granaries, and his Chinese col-it, of late, the officers distribution at the said ly been frequently times even mobbed by the large number of Bonn who come to receive their month! tions. These men, on the pretext of picking out bad rice, crowd into the Granaries shovii the clerks and offi als "bout and refuse to listen to their sergeants who accompany them to keep order. This is not right and we hereby command the Captains-General of Banner Corps to preserve discipline and order amongst their men when next they go to receive their rice. On the other ind, we would impress upon the memoists the importance of compelling their subordinates to carefully select none but eatable rice for distribution, so as to avoid further causes of dissatisfaction. The first disturbers of the peace as well as those whose conduct cause such disturbances shall be severely punished.
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