Pi, is trying toget the pawn-shops to pay up some 200,000 fuels of the Imperial revenue, which had been deposited in some of them, and during last year's troubles was stolen, Considering the fact that all the pawn-shops—about 200—were looted, it is pretty hard on them to be com-polled, to nals up that part which was imperial, when the Court was accountable for all the trouble and all the losses. Instead of the pawn-shops reconipensing the Emperor and the Empress Dowager, the latter should compensate the pawn-shops. protest and resist, and say they will close All the pawn-shops have combined to up before meeting this loss.
11th December.
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