Ast July.
(1) Decree commanding the Imp Board of Astronomy to select a lucky date, either in July or August, for the com mencement of the repair works needed in the embankments of the Ts'aots'ang Sutze r bordering the Yungling Imperial Mausolea, near Mukden, as reported by the Tartar General Ts Chi, and his colleague, the Civil Governor of Mukden.
(2) We have received a joint memorial from Ting Chen-to, Viceroy of the Yun-Kuei provinces, and Liu Shao-nien, Governor of Yunnan, reporting their sue-cess in recapturing the cities of Linganfu and Shihpingchou from insurgents and eventually capturing and decapitate insurgent chief, named Chou. The oper tions were conducted by Liu Chtun-lin, Provincial Judge of Yunnan, who led the troops in person against the insurgents. For these successes we hereby reward Liu Chun-lin with the brevet button of the premier rank (Uou-pain-ting-tai) command that the faults in eonne the insurrection written in. the official records against the names of the above-named Viceroy and Governor be erased,
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