ems, 15th July.
(1) Decree of press Dowager appointing Tsai Hsun, an Imperial Duke of the Ast Orler, to succeed as heir to the titles of Yi Chih, into P Tuimin, 2nd Order, and Tsai T'ao, an Imperial Duke of the 3rd Order, to succeed to Yi Ho, Prince of Tsunguan, 2nd Order.
Note:—The exshiered ex-Prince Tuan, 2nd Order, was th by adoption, of the late Prince of Juimin, the nephew' of the late Emperor Tao Kuang. Tuan ha forfeited his title by his Boxer proc it will be noticed that an heir is now chosen nat as his successor but as the successor of the Prince, of whom Tuan was formerly heir. The Prince of Tsungu: the Emperor Tao Kuang's el adopted heir was Ts a Prince of the 8rd Order, or Bei This man was also cashiered for being in the sune boat with ex-Prince Tuan,—Translator.
(2) Ktuei Pin, Prince of Jui, Ist Order, is appointed Commandant-General of the Chienjui Corps of the Peking Field Force. (This Corps numbers some 10,000 Manchus.—Translator.)
(3) Ying Chun (Manchu) is appointed Inspector-General of the troops detailed for guard duty in the Summer Palaces and at the three lakes, outside Peking.
16th July.
Chu is appointed Chief Examiner, and Li Chia-chi Assistant-Examiner at the Chekiang competitions for the literary degree of Chiijén (M.A.).
(2) Li Chao-wei, Senior Vice-President of the Board of War, is appointed Chief Examiner, and Ku Wan Assistant Examiner at the same competitions in Kiangsi.
Chief, and Shen Tseng-tung, Assistant Examiner, for Hupeh.
1 (4) Granting the brevet 2nd rank button 1 to Ch'én Yun-ching, prefect of Yxngchoufu, Kiangsu province, with permission als" to attend the Luming Banquet io Nanking that is tv be granted this yer to successful candidates for the Chiijén, or M. A., degree', in the autumn, in. consideration of the said prefect's comptetins the sixtieth year, or one cycle," since obtaining his own M. A., degree. (That is to say, he apparently got his M. A., degree at the age of fourteen, being at present seventy-four years of age—Translator.)
(8) The Ist day of the Tth moon (4th of August) being the beginning of the first month of the Autumn Quarter, the Emperor will personally sacrifice at the Imperial Ancestral Temple in honour of the occasion, 'The Imperial Clansmen, Né Lé-ho, Ming Hsin and 'Té Shou are to sacri spectively, at the rear, right and left altars in the said Ancestral' Temple on behale of his Majesty. with July.
(1) Removing from office and cashiering a number of military and civil officials of Kuangtung province on the special denunciation of Tao Mu, Viceroy of the Two Kuang provinces.
(2) Li Chao-wei, Vice-President of the Board of War, having been appointed on a special mission to act as Chief Examiner of the M.A. degree competitions in i province, his post in the Board of War is given, ad interim, to Yang Pei-chang.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.