A Nanking di-patch states that HE, Viceroy Liu K'un-yi has been granted a tw" months' rest from his duties by the Throne and that the Empress Dowager has of four ounces of ginseng, hich it is hope twill give A the Imperial use, th needed tron th ty combat the wasting illness from which he has been suffering. In spit" of his illness and the leav granted him, H.E. has so fav not failed to see to any matter of t importance which might require his personal attention.
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