(1) We have received " memorial from E-K'6-tang-2, Military Governor of Moukden and Turtar General of Fengtien, accusing Ch'tin, Military Commandant (Manchu) of the city of Fuchou, Liaotung Peninsula, of employing dishonest and unscrupulous underlings who, working hand in hand with the military subordinates of the accused Commandant, have not only been receiving bribes on behalf of the accused for the purch"se of tax collectorships and other minor posts, but have also defrauded the government of large quantities of rice in the local granaries and also have sought every opportunity to increase their hoards of ill-gotten money by imposing pre-pesterous fines upon the common people of that sub-prefecture. All these overt acts of injustice, dishonesty, and avarice have been proved, upon careful investigation, by the memorialist, in consequence of which the accused officer must be punished by being cashiered and dimissed from office. Investigation must also be made by the said Tartar General to find out whether the frauds committed in the granaries have since been made good, and if not to have the accused officer arrested and compelled to refund the peculation made by him and his subordinates. Let there be no leniency shown towards the delinquents, (2) K'uei Pin, Imperial Resident at K'urun, Mongolia, is commanded to come to Peking to await other employment; and Lien Shun is ordered to goto K run to take the post vacated by the said K'uei Pin.
Pao Ch'ang is hereby given the brevet button of an Assistant Deputy Militexy Governor and he is commanded to proceed to K'obdo, Mongolia, to act as Assistant Imperial Resident there. He is to be allowed the privilege of using the Imperial Courier posts.
18th October.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.