(4) There having been repeated charges imide to the Throne against one Shen Tun-ho (sell-known to people in Shanghai as the principal agent in the opening of Woosung as a Commercial " Port and the demolisher of the forts there—Trunslator), an expectant Taotai of Kiangsu, that he was avaricious, dishonest, and had an ill savoured reputation, when our special High Commissioner' Kang Yi started for Kiangsu we specially commanded him to take the opportunity of carefully investigating the matter. The report of the said Commissioner is now before us in which he corroborates the above accusations. Such being the case we hereby command that the said Shen Tun-ho be forthwith cashiered and banished to the military post roads, outside the Great Wall. We further command Liu K'un-yi, Viceroy of the Liangkiang provinces, and Té Shou (Manchu) Governor of Kiangsu, to see to it that the cashiered culprit he conveyed to his place of banishment as soon as possible and that he be not allowed to linger longer in Shanghai than is necessary.
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