_The "Universal Gazette" learns that Viceroy 1: yi of Nanking has been lately taken ill with intermittent fever of a rather serious nature which has ineapacitated H.E. from closely attending to his multifarious duties: EH. has therefore telegraphed to Peking asking for permi sion to take a rest of fifteen days, during which time, except such as is of the most urgent and important nature, all routine business connected with his hich office is to be relegated to H.E, Wu Chtung-hsi, the Provincial Treasurer of Upper Kiangstt (Kiangning Treasurer), who stands next in rank to the Viceroy in Nanking cloy.
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