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“...found sufficient, but
since 186B the establishment lias been
gradually getting into debt; and in view of
the large outlay which will shortly be in-
curred when the late Emperors remains
are laid to reat9 the Superintendents feel
compelled to apply for a loan, to be repaid
as soon aa better harvests come to swell
the fund.
(3) The Governor-General of the two
Kwang requests that a certain military
official may be reduced one step. The
person in question was acting temporarily
as colonel of a battalion, in which position
lie wished to remain. Upon learning that
;he titular Colonel was about to return, he
trumped up charges against him, such as
that the soldiers were resigning in con-
sequence of hia return. An investigation
proved that this was merely a device to re-
main in the post. The Couimauder-in-Cliief
in Kwaiusi having reported the incident,
the Governor-General requests that the
peccant official may be punished by the loss
of one step.Granted.
January 8th.(1) A Decree. The un-
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“...soldiers from the land
battalions, the scattered nature of theBe
forces lias rendered it impossible to get the
men together for proper drill, and no
regular ayatem [of training and supply] has
been adopted. The memorialist Liu K*un-yi,
iii his memorial setting forth the proposals
of the late Governor-General, Ying Han,
with regard to the various requirements of
the province of Kwangtung, has already
explained his intention of consolidating the
land forces of the provinces and exercising
them in battalion drill, and the manner in...”
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“...June 2627.
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all put in charge of a Pn Yiin, a degraded
captain of the Wen Hsien battalion, and
Cliu Yuan-chuan and five other soldiers of
the Kashgar garrison to be conveyed with-
in the frontier there to await sentence.
Their arrival in Kansu on the 19th February
having been reported, they were sent on,
after examination, to tho Judicial Com-
missioner at Lan-chow Fu to be tried
And dealt with according to law. In
course of time, Shih Nien-tsu, the Judi-
cial Commissioner, reported that these
rebel children and grand-children, who
had been committed to the prison of
the Kao-Ian Magistrate, were brought be-
fore him and put upon their trial. Maiti
Kuli stated that he was fourteen years of
age, and the fourth son of Yakuob Beg;
Yiina Kuli stated that he was ten, and the
eighth son of Yakoob Beg; Kati Kuli
stated that he was six, and the ninth son
of Yakoob Beg ; Aisan Ahung stated that
he was five, and tlie son of Beg Kuli. In
reply to the most searching interrogation
respecting the...”
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