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“...and in the
enjoyment of a better appetite than she
had lant year. As lie atuod at her knees
and gized into her face he was able in a
icln\v H^ain on the 27battalion forming the cen-,
tral division of hia personal troops, and
one other battalion, have already been dis-
banded at the urdura of Li Hung-cliangj...”
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“...Jan. 57.]
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tbe pay of these battalions during the 10th
and llth moons servinu to defay the cost
of sending them bach. The other battalion
of the saind regiment which it bus been de-
cided to retain will be supported out of the
funds originallf received by the Memo-
rialist for defence purposes.
January 6^h.Hpi-clieu reported himself
Oll his return liom his mission of enquiry
and was received in aivi^nce.
Ho Kwei-fan () is appointed
Vice Governor of the iVletropulitau Pre-
fecture.
(2) A Decree acknowledging the receipt
of h Memorial from Military
High Coininissioner in Manchuria and
recently Tartar General at Foochow, re-
porting that he has raised n the sum of
Tla. 50,01)0 and sent it to the Admiralty
Board.
As a reward for his zeal in the interests
of the public service, the title of i aturu
which was recently taken away from him,
is to be rest*red to AIu-t(u-shan, nd lie ia
further to be committed to tbe Board for
the deierminntion of a reward.
January 7th.(1) A joint Memorial...”
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“...Re-
script.
(3) The Governor>General of Yunnan
and Kueichow requests the ieaue of freBh
Beala of oce to certain ooiala whose
posts have, under Imperial Commaud, been
eomewhat differently allotted.
Some time fiince the Memorialist sug-
gested the following changes in the distri-
bution of ocials on the Yiinuan frontier.
a. The Brigade Generals of Kai.huft
and Lin-yuan to reside during the autumn
and winter months at Ma-pai Kuau aud
Meng-tzu Hsien respectively.
b. A Major from the central battalion of
the K^i-hua force to reside permanently
atMa-pai Kuan, another Major being ap-
pointed to reside at K^i-hua.
An additional Major to be added to
the Lin-yu^nDivisioD to reside permanently
at Meng-tzu Haien.
d* The Sub-Prefecb of Shuang Shui
to be removed to Ko-chiu Ch(ang
{}. Together with freah diBtrlbu-
tionB of minor oceta too numerous to
mention.
Drawings of the Beals required are aub-
fitted with a request that the Board of
^eremonies may be iuatrueted to have
caat accordingly.
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“...remark that the frontier region is very
different from the interior of the country.
The Boil ia poor, the climate unhealthy,
Hnd prices high. Still more, the work now
in hand is very different from the measures
for repreaaing local banditti in former
dnys. The arrangeuienta then made for
the pay of the Kuei-lin irregulars would
how be quite inaiicieut.
The frontier force will conaiab of twenty
battalions, and Taels 3.2 per mouth haa
already been aauctioned for the niena py.
There are alao other battalion expeuaea
which may be calculated at the rates now
allowed. Funds are also wanted for arms,
tQuiiitiona aud Hocoutrementa, transport,
factories, the building of forts and redoubts,
telegraph offices, miscellaueuua charges,
the aeuding home or the Bottling of dia-
banded soldiers, and charitable asBiatance
to the inhabitants of the border. All these
together will require au immense expendi-
ture, the largest outlay o( all being lhat
for arms and munitions of war. At the
very Bmallest estimates...”
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