CHINA DAILY NEWS."
18th May.
Wo have received another memorial from the Grand Secretary Sun Chia-nai, asking to be allowed to resign owing to his continued ill-health in spite of his leave of absence. In reply, we have great confidence in the memorialist, as an able Minister of long standing, upon whom we lean in all important matters of State, and therefore we cannot spare the said Grand Secretary's service. We grant him another -month's leave and trust that he will try to get well again so that, upon the completion of his one month's leave Sun Chis-nai may resume his duties.
15th May. one have received Yana car the ing pu containing ils of t] nan cial condition of the railways and mines inthe Mmpire. With regard to the Luhan Railway, this concern is of the utmost uld Ministry, in conjunction with Viceroy importance and we hereby command the
'Yuan Shih-kai, to supervise Sheng Hsusnhuai's (ELE. 'Shéog Kung-pao) actions and bid him to work diligently in eradieating all faults and dishonesty among the' railway staff, ce that income and expendi ture accounta shall be properly balanced. The said Ministry is further authorised to exercise strict supervision in the matter under discussion.
16th May. (1) Yen Ts'ing is appointed Reader of (2) Decree expressing rot at the receipt of news concerning the death at his home in Hunan of Tan Tsung-lin, late retired Viceroy of the Two Kuang provinces. The deceased official is to have the obser quiles of a Viceroy and the Board of Rites is commanded to report what Government aid should be given the family of the late ex-Viceroy. All black marks against his name in the official records are to be erased, and his in expectant Taotai of the 4th class, of Anhui province, is promoted t" be a Taotai of the Ist class, while the grandson of the is made a 2nd-class of one of the Peking Boards in recognition of the faithful services of their progenitor.
(8) Huang Chung-li is appointed Major-General of the Teochiany Circuit of Kiangsi province.
(4) Long decree, in response to denunciatory memorial Viceroy Tséa Ch'un-hsuan, of the Two Kuang provinces, in which some fifty odd civil and military these two provinces are manded to be cashiered and dismissed ever from the public service for various misdemeanours. Two civil officials who have been found guilty of the crime of
jurisdiction are to be banished in addition extorting from the ae of under their to Chinese Turkestan and sentenced to hard labour on the post roads.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.