CHINA DAILY NEWS."
28rd November, Decree, in response to memorial of Viceroy Yuan Shih-kai of Chihli, commending the energy of the officials connected with the conservation of the Yellow River in the Tungminghsien region, of Chihli province, in restoring a breach of the embankments threatened by the feeshe's. The ssid Viceroy is commanded to hand ten sticks of great Tibetan incense to Wen Chung, Taotai of the Tx-Shun-Kuang Intendancy, to burn before the altars of the dragon king at Pehlienchuang, Kaoch'au, and Huangchuang villages as a mark of the gratitude of his Majesty the Emperor for mercies extended to his subjects living in the above-named region.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.