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17th Febroary, Decree commanding further delay in the payment of land and poll taxes by farmere in the prefectures of Shuntien and Tientsin, Chihli j province, owing to the drought last year and the small quantity of snow since the begining of Janusry. Not only are the farmers of the affected districts permitted to delay paying last half-years tax-s, which were by extra Imperial clo-money due to be paid this month, but the time limit is to be extended to the last of the summer months of the present current year, "s a mark of the Emperor's sympathy for the distressed condition of his subjects.
22nd February.
As Prince Pu Lun, 4th Order, is about to proceed upon a mission abroad (St. Louis Exposition) his post of Captai General of the Manchu Banner Corps is temporarily given to Fen Ch'é, Consort of an Imperial Princess.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.