(1) Wei Kuang-t'ao is commanded to be transferred to the substantive Viceroyship of the Liangkiang provinces.
Ting Chit (Manchu), prefect of Shaownfu, Fukien, is commanded to resign said post and to report for duty at his original yamen (Board of Works).
6th December.
Il, perhaps, be remembered the uci' provinces, is appointed Vi roy of the Liangkiang provinces and also perial High Commissioner of the rang Administration—Nan-yang Ta-'en. As Governo-d the city of Yunnan, Wi hand over the Yun-Ku to Lin Shao-nien, who is to be acting jceroy of said provinces pro tem. Wei ang-t'ao will then proceed at once to Nanking to take over the Liangkiang Viceroyalty; he is excused from coming up to Peking for inst:
(2) Ting Chen-to, ix appointed actine Viceroy of the Yun-Kuci_ provinces vice Wei _Kuang-t'ao transferred to Nanking. Pending his arrival at Yunnan cits, Lin Shao-nien, Governor of Yunnan, is to be acting Warlike Preparations Amongst the Manchus.
With reference to the raising of over 10,000 men from amongst the Manchu Eight Banner Corps, to be drilled on the foreign model, we hereby command K'uei Pin, Prince of Jui, Ist Order; Prince Pu Lun, 4th Order; Kuei Ch'un, Senior Vico-President of the Board of Revenue; Ching Li, Junior Vice-President of tne Board of Punishments; Yung Ch'ing and Rich Liang (all Manchus); to form a commission to select 4,000 men out. of the above number, and again in conjunction with General Chiang Kuei-ti out of this body of men select'3,000 to be turned over to Viceroy Yuan Shih-F'ai to be organised and drilled with all haste so that they may be made without loss of time into a corps to be relied upon whenever needed. Of those men who have not been selected, should there be any who may show the necessary qualities requisite for selection, their names are to be selected. When the brigade has been thoroughly organised and drilled, the former are to be embodied into a second brigade and sent as formerly to the Viceroy of Chihli's Army to be properly drilled.
(2) Wo were informed yesterday that when a list was being drawn up of the malo members of the Manchu Fight Banner Corps fit to be soldiers in order that the usual rations and pay may be issued to them, it was discovered that by force of old custom there were still a number of "dummies" fraudulently sent in. We accordingly at once commanded the Captain-General of said Banner Corps to look into the matter and exert their best efforts to suppress said frauds. It appears, however, that these frauds have become so deep-rooted that it is a difficult task to reform this state of affairs, and we therefore hereby command Shan Chi, Prince of Ssu, Ist Order, and his colleagues to go through the matter, independently, make the necessary investigations, and report the result to us. The satd Frinco must seo to it that there be no chanco hereafter for the slightest attempt at similar frauds.
(3) Granting promotions to about a hundred officers of the secretariats of the Grand Council and Board of Revenue for energetically working at and carefully drawing up long lists relating to the re-¥enues from all sources received by the Board of Revenue during the year from the various provinces and dependencies of the Empire.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.