2 It ig reported that. their Excellencies Shen' Chia-pen and Wu-Ting-fang, Senior and Junior Vice-Presidents, respectively; of the Board of Punishments,.who are working at the revision of. the laws to suit. modern, civilised requirements, intend shortly, to draw, up, a. joint me+ morial to the Throne asking,.for obvious reasons, that the name of the Bord of Punishments (Hsingpu). be, changed to that of Bosrd or Ministry of Justice (Fapu), the latter designation being more consistent with present-day requirements.
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