(2) It has come to Our knowledge that the Cheng Wen-she or Society for the' Investigation of Governmental The following Imperial Rescript has b: en issued through the Grand Council Yang Shih-hsiang, Viceroy of El (who is at present in Peking taking part la certain discussions relating to his province), is given the additional brevet rank of the President of the and Yoao Shih-beun ('ormerly Taotai of Shanghai and now Governor of Shantang) that of the Vice-President of the same Ministry.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.