(Manel President of the Bureau Compiling the Collected Institutes of the sty, re rts that, filled with patriotism and loyalt the compilers have succeeded in economizing expenses and making retrenchment on the ordinary outlay. to th total amount of over Tis: 60,000, which the said compilers desire to return to the Imperial Exchequer in view of the Snancia Peking, 24th November.
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Two censors conjointly memorialised the Empress Dowager yesterday to the effect that the success Kang Yi had met in raising funds for the exchequer although good would have been far better had he been one in whom the mercantile classes and traders believed, hence it followed that Kuangtung and Kuangsi had only been partly exploited for the quod of the State. Phis argument struck the Empress Dowager ax a very cogent one and she consulted with the Grand Council as to the man who possessed most fally the con-Gdence of the mercantile classes, among the high Ministers of the Court. The reply was unanimously in favour of Li Hung-chang with the result that LIB. was rarer i, the Government instend of omer on Gouanrercil Affaire, sith fntiute this morning appointed' High Commis-benefit." We greatly comme: of the members of the said Bureau and command that the money saved by them be handed to the Board of Revenue.
(2) Tan Chi (Manchu) is this dey appointed Groom of the Impe Library.
27th November.
Yen Trung is appointed Junior Brigadier-General of the Mancha garrison of Heianfu, capital of Shensi. visit the various treaty ports and investigate the condition: therein." This appointment has been lo not exactly in favour of the commercial and trading classes, but really for the purpose of persuading these people to contribute more generously to the needs of the Empress Dowager's armies.
29th November.
(1) The Imperial clansmen Tsai Lien, Chung Li, Huai Ta-pu, and Yi TS are hereby appointed to superintend the distribution of money prizes to the Manchu troops who have been drilling in the Southern Hunting Park.
(2) With reference to those Manchu troops who have borrowed: money from the Treasury and by Inw have to repay their loans by the deduction of their pay for the 12th Moon of this year and Ist Moon of next year, we command as an act of extra grace that payment of same shall be delayed for two months from these dates, 8 Ovoxto is the best and purest dent. trice, being warranted free from any acid or gritty ingredients; it whitens and preserves the teeth, it eradicates the formation of tartar, removes spots of incipient decay, polishes and preserves the enamel, sweetens the breath, induces a healthy action of the gums, causing them to assume the brightness and colour indicative of perfect soundness. Rowzasn's Essexce of Tyre is the best preparation for dyeing the hair a permanent brown or bluck. Ask Stores and Chemists for Rownaxv's articles, of 67, Hatton Garden, London.
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22nd May, 1899,
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