The first thing was to examine the accounts. Ch'en had, from the first, asked us to go and consult with him at the Railway Office. "Since I have resigned", he said, "you must come and audit accounts without say delay and give me discharge." We all replied: "The new regulations are not yet definitely drawn, up; let us, therefore, be in no hurry to cancel the old ones, Let Ch'en and Ha Yii-nan remain in charge for the time being with Wa Cha-yean and Lia Sin-fa, two members of the gentry, ae assistants. Moreover it. is better, before ion. Lt.-Colonel C. D.|—— paso the accounts, to await the re; of the Hanlin Vu Tse-ha and Hence 204'the officials ofthe Shanghai Electric Construction Company were present on the car, and the run was in avery respect Pin-kuen, then Taotai of elo the Chengtu district, Superintendent of the Salt-tax ad interim, now Provincial Judge of Yunnan. t+ Member of the Academy, Head of the University and Joint Manager of the Railway Company.
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