Specially translated for the North-China Daily News."
February 28.
(1)}—Decree commanding A Viceroy Yang Shih-hsiang to select from all the substantive prefects of! Chibli province the, man best fitted to of Paotiag, and appointing Ching Lien to the prefecture vacated that Viceroy's choice.
(2)}—Wn Yue is appointed Territorial: Taotai of Tientsin and Ch'ai Yao-ling is appointed Tootal of the Yongtinghn Intendancy of Chihli province.
:@3)—Chang Hsan is appointed Provineal Commander-in-Chief of Yin-
(4)—T'ien Chen-pang is appointed Major-General of the Chienchang Military Circuit of Szechuan province.
(8)—Yin Jui and Wen Jui are appointed Manchu Brigade-Generals of Ts'ingchoa (Shantung) and Chengtu (Szechuan) respectively.
(6)—Decree expressing regret at the receipt of the news of the death of Hela Hsin-yn, ex-Commander-in-Chief of Yunnan province. In recognition of his services to the State he is to be given the funeral of a General and the Government pecuniary grant usual in such cases. All errors against his! name in the archives are also to be erased. The eldest son of deceased, Hela Chi-hsien is given the rank of Prefect.
February 29.
Decree in response to & memorial from Feng Jo-k'nei, Governor of Chekiang, granting the people of the various districts in Chekiang, where the rice crop has failed, a remission of their taxes.
March 1.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.