I, the Empress Dowaser Tzetumn-yn. ete., considering that the coming cold season will be one of great trial to the poor and destitute living within the capita filled with commiseration for their light and now desire to relieve them distributing warm clothing to theee needing it. hereby command that Tis, 10,000 be taken from the Privy Purse and handed to the Governor of Peking and the Censors of the "Five Cities" of the capital to buy material for the making of warm cotton-padded clothing for distribu tion to the poor of Peking.
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