CHINA DAILY News."
19th October.
(1) Decree commanding amen who were a second time audience in the morning, such as had a mark put 2 their names in the list presented to their Majesties shall be recorded as eligible to the post of Taotai or protect in the province.
(2) Shao Ch'ang is appointed Sub-Chancellor of the Grand Secretariat with the brevet button of Vice-President of the Board of Rit (8): Decree granting rewards to a num-bor of civil and military officials and gentry of Kuangsi province who had distinguished themselves in suppressing the rebellion in-that province, which, according*to a memorial from Tsen' Ch'un-hsuan, Viceroy of the Two Kuang provinces, is now considered to be entirely pacified " throughout.
20th October.
"(AY "Decree granting memorial of the Army Reorganisation Council regarding the establishment of a Military Academy for the sons of princes, nobles, and high officials of the Empire, The suggestion is warmly approved by their Majesties, and fathers are commanded to impress upon their sons, and elder brothers to exhort their younger brothers, as tothe importance of joining the proposed 'Poors' Military Academy" for the ultimate glory and welfare of their country.
(2) Huang Chung-hao. is appointed Taotai of the Yuchiang Intendancy of Kuangsi province. His post of Major-General of the Langshan Circuit of Kiangsu_ province is hereby given to Cheng Kuo-chen.
(8) As Wang Te-hsi has gone abroad on a mission, Tsou Chia-lai is. appointed Acting Junior First Secretary of. the Be of Foreign Affairs (Waiwupu) ad im. The Taotai Chu Pao-kuei is appointed Acting Junior Second Secretary of the same Board. stantive Senior First Secretary of the Waiwupu, and Wang Ta-hsi is appointed Substantive Junior First Secretary of the same. Lei -Pu-t'ung is' appointed Substantive Senior. Second. Secretary.of the Waiwupu and Tsou Chia-lai is appointed Substantive.. Junior: Secretary of the same. ea. 1 (5) Decree: commending... some, and, cashiering others, among a large number of officials of Shensi province in response to a memorial from., Ts'ao.. Hung-hsun, Governor of said province... <6.) 2: 3.2:
(6) T. T'u-shéng.: having gone. into mourning owing to the death.of his father,, P'u Liang is appointed Acting President of the Mongolian Superintendency,. ad interim.: a 22nd October.
The other day the Censor Huang Ch'ang-nien accused Chou Fu, Acting Viceroy..of. the. Liangkiang provinces, and certain of his subordinates of various misdemeanours, in consequence of which we commanded Chang Chih-tung, Viceroy of the Hukuang provinces, to investigate the charges. The said Viceroy has now reported thst he cannot find anything out of the way in the conduct of the accused Viceroy, whether in regard. to domestic policy or international matters. 'Such being the case there is no necessity of going further into the matter. With regard, however, to the charges agaitist Wang Shih-sui, an expectant sub-prefect: of Kiangsu province, that official has been found' guilty of reckless conduct unbecoming an official and. he is, therefore, cashiered and dismissed for ever from the Public Service. The charge against Hung Shou-p'éng," an official of the same rank, having bees, proved, h banded over to the rd of Civil' Appointments for the determination of extraordinary ch', an expectant Taotai of having been found guilty of india and carclossnoss in his duties as Deputy Director' of the Mili College of Nanking, thereby causing trouble among the students, is also handed to the said Board for the determination of an adequate penalty. With reference to the expectant Taotai, Li Kaang-yi, having been appointed Director of a School he has acted in such a manner as to cause much unfavourable comment.
is therefore ordered to be dismissed from this said post. The two district magistrates, Yeh Pao-ching, magistrate of Ch'thninghsion, and Shan Liu, acting magistrate of Shanyangbsien, have also been made the subject of much unfavour: able comment as to their actions, and we hereby command Chou Fu to keep a supervision over their conduct.
regard: to Chou-Fu himself, we exhort him to "brush up his energies," do things ho thinks.right,-without regard to vested interests, and employ under him only such men as are upright and: possessed of: proper: capabilities. assist' him-in his government;. to- act justly towards all and deserve the confidence we have placed in him: As to the said Acting Viceroy's son, Chou Hesiocheng, an: expectant: Taotai: of Kiangsu province, the latter should have applied for a change of province, according to: etiquette, the moment his parent became Viceroy of that province.
Instead of}: doing so, Chou Hsia-cheng-has' kept in his father's yamen, resulting in all serta unfavourable reports getting abroad:-in regard to his conduct....He is hereby comis} apply to the proper Board for a change mended to.come. at once to. Peking-and province and then proceed thereto without unnecessary delay.
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