It is proposed by the Ministry of the Interior to authorize the Bureaux of and the said Ministry is hereby Works in the Five "Cities," or Sec-authorized to do the things re- tions, of the Capital to begin the levy Commended by it on the day injof the house-tax on hongs and shops question, on the Ist day of the Gth moon (July 10). The tax on wheeled vehiclon is Palace LiteraryExaminations. to be postponed until it is seen how the (2) The Masters of Arte and First-former tax is received by those con-class Licentiates sent to the Capital by the Viceroys, Governors snd Tarter The Retiring Viceroy. Generals of provinces for competitive A telegram has boon received by his examinations for the Civil Service are|friends in Shanghai to the effect commanded to present themselves for that H. E. Chou Fu, lately Viceroy of re-examination in the Paoho Throne-ithe Two Kusvg provinces, left Hong-moon (July 13,). 7 ball on the 4th day of the coming 6th Kong on the 4th instant for this Port, en route to Peking. There seems to be
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