The Archive · 1899

By Extra Grace of the Empress Dowager

IMPERIAL DECREES — (l) Na Yen-t'u, Pr Mongols, and Tsti El

(Mfanchu), are hereby granted the pri of riding on horseback within the precinets te is granted Kang of War, while Wang We President of the' Board of Revenue, is permitted to ride im a two-bearer Sedin-chair within the said (8) Liao Shou-hong, President of the Board of Rites, is hereby permitted to ride on horseback not only within the Precincts of the Western Palace-gates, but also within the "Forbidden City."

9th November.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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