Peking, Jan. 8.
By order of the President Tue Scuoormasrer's Missive Pay.
In reference to a memorial from Fu Vu-feng, Vice-Minister charge of the Ministry of ducation, stating that he has devised other ways and means to meet the stringency of the educational expenditure, and requesting the issuance of a Mandate for their adoption, etc, As education is one of our important administrations, orders have been repeatedly issued for its development. In order to do so, the question of expenditure is of paramount importance. For several years, owing to our financial stress, "appropriations have been met either behind the due date or short of the full amount. This has been caused by force majeure. The educators in Peking and outside have frequently asked for support on account of lack of funds. Therefore, ways and means to relieve and ameliorate the situation should be carefully devised as soon as possible.
Let the Ministry of Finance assume the responsibility of providing schools in Peking with funds and let it suggest proper methods to meet such expenditure in future. As regards Fukien, Shensi and Hunan, in which provinces educational appropriations are alleged to have been suspended, the superior administrative officials of the said provinces should also devise means to meet such obligations from time to time, however difficult they may find the task to be, in order to avoid the stoppage of.education. In respect of the creation of a special fund for educational purposes, let the Ministries concerned confer together with a view to devising some method of building up a fund of consolidation and pernianency.
Finance ano Jupictary.
Wu Ping-hsiang is hereby appointed concurrently Director-General of the Peking Town Administration.
Fei Yukai is hereby appointed Financial Commissioner of Fukien.
Ting Tao-tsin is hereby appointed Financial Commissioner of Kan-ssu, vice Yuan Vu-lin whose resignation, forwarded through Li Sh hao, Minister of Finance, is accept-
Huang Teh-chang is hereby appointed Acting Chief Procurator of the High Court of Procuration in Kiangsi.
Chao Hsin-wen is hereby appointed Acting President of the Peking District Court of Justice.
The request by Chang Huai-chi, Chief of the General Staff, that Pang Meng-yuan be appointed Acting Chief of the Staff to the Ist Mixed Brigade of the. Army.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.