(1) Hsin Lien, an officer of the Tmperial Guards, is hereby given the rank of Manchu Brigate General and is further appointed Political Agent at Unga, Mongolia, vice Lien Shun, promoted Tartar General of Uliasuthi, Northwestern Mongolia.
(2) Nai Fu (Mongol) is appointed protect of Szenfu, Kuangsi.
(8) Peh Ying, Deputy Assistant Military Governor of Pétuné, Kirin province, Manchuria, reports prolonged illness and prays to be allowed to resign his post. His prayer is hereby granted and Sung Kun is appointed in his stead, [ote—Sung Kun was in 1895 appointed Governor of Yunnan and in the spring of 1897 cashiered and dismissed by the Emperor for certain glaring misdemeanour. Sung Kun's reinstatement to office by the Empress-Dowager is therofore another direct snub to his Majesty.—Ep. N-C. Daily Nevws.]
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