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“...military officials of Shun-ning have like-
wise been sent to the provincial capital by
their respective superiors. After pre-
liminary hearings, the delinquents were
arraigned on the 9th November before the
Governor-General and the Governor, when
the depositions previously taken were con-
firmed. On the same day, the standing
Imperial death warrant was reverently
put in force, and the most culpable of
the officials concerned, namely, Cheng
Kai-yiian, acting captain and adjutant
of the left battalion of the T'eng-yueh
brigade ; and Hu Clian-ngao, acting captain
of the Shun-yitn command, were taken out...”
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“...importance.
June 4th.(1) A Decree. Let Kwang
Ko succeed to the vacant post of
Manchu General-in-chief at Si-ngan.
(N.B. This appointment ia made in
succession to KS-meng-ehwho was trans-
ferred on the 12th May, 1876, to fill the post
of General-in-chief at Ning-hia. The
Lieutenant-General, T^-ming-eh, has been
acting in his stead for the last year.)
(2) A Decree. Let the two ocers above
the age of 65, Hai-lin, an officer of the
Guards of the second class, and Mu-te-
ngen-tai, commandant of a battalion of the
Household brigade at Ytian-ming Yiian,
who were presented in audience this day by
the Military Inspection Commissioners, be
required to take the retirement of their
respective ranks.
(3) A decree referring to the rejection
of the Manchu essay of one of the
candidates approved by the Examiners
at the pending examinations, on the
ground of an excessive number of
eirora and omissions, and accepting
the essay which was submitted from
another of the candidates. The names
of the Examiner-in-chief...”
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“...native of the province of Hupeh,
aged 27, who makes the following state-
ment : My father, Hu SheJi
whilst engaged in trade at Yang-chow, was
assassinated in May 1875 by Chan Ki4un
who was condemned for this
crime to suffer death by strangulation after
the period of revision, and thia sentence
was confirmed by rescript. I removed my
fathers remains, in contentment with this
sentence, for interment at our family home
but a relative of Chan Ki'hmsnamed
Wu Txiug-shan, an ocer commanding in a
battalion of Hunan irregulars, incited a
kinsman named Chan Hwan-chang to pro-
0 i for the purpose of intriguing
Tien Muig-king, the...”
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“...referring for consideration
on the part of the Board of Revenue, a
memorial received from the Censor Lin
Kung-shu, who has recommended that cer-
tain quantities of rice be allotted for sale to
the public at reduced rates, through the
agency of offices to be established for the
purpose in the suburbs of Peking.
(3) A decree based upon a memorial from
the Governor of Shensi, who has reported
the mutiny of a battalion of irregulars,
their dispersion, the capture and execution
of the ringleaders, and the submission of
the remainder. The Governor reports that,
on his having ordered a battalion of the
Sze-chwanirregulars heretofore commanded
by the Taotai Hwang Ting, to proceed to
take up their quarters at Cllang Wu in the
Fen Chow department, and on this body of
troops having marched as far as the King-
yang district (in Si-ngan Fu), their officers,
headed by one Kiang Ming-chung, had the
audacity to put pressure on the men, and
to induce them to force their way into the
city, where they set to...”
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