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“...Memorialists there-
upon, in accordance with bhe regulntiona,
deputed Huang Shao-hsun, Grain Coni-
missary for Tibet, and Yang T*ing-hsui,
Major stationed iu Tibet, to join the Ka-
Ion in fluperinbendiiig the -weighing and
counting of the p^ckagwa and loada wliicli
contained the tribute. This being done, the
Abbot Ghia-mu-yang-ohn-hai started from
Lhasa, on tlie 22ud day of the 11th month
(17th Dec 1886). As a precaution, the
Memorialists directed Corporal Wang Tse-
enwho was returning to hia battalion
after the completion of his term of service
i" Tibet, to escort the party with a guard
of ten soldiers bs far as Szecliueu,
where the governor-general of LhtU pro-
vince would take charge of them and pass
them on. The MeinoriHliats have already
given orders to the poat-liouaeB and ata
tiona along the route to supply the horses
and oxen required for ridmg and baugAgo
carrying, and to furniah the proper quan-
tity of rrttiona. As the tribute articles ou
the present occasion belong to two mis-...”
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“...mortars,
four companies of cavalryand the men
employed in the road stations and offices.
During the second quarter of 1886 a new
extra company of cavalry was raised for
local service and attached to the command
of the General-in-Chief, Chang Chiin. Also,
additional men were enlisted for service
with the Ting Yiian Left Banner, which
had been raised for service, and the said
Banner was converted into the Ting
Yiian Left Battalion, Also, a new banner
of cavalry for local service was enlisted,
and enrolled as part of the Manas Brigade.
Also, the u Sui Ting battalion of infantry
for service at a distance waa disbanded and
re-formed as the Sui Ting Centre Banner.
At the end of the half year there were thus,
64 battalions and banners, with 3 companies
of mortars and 5 companies of cavalry,
making a total of 21,148 officers and men,
besidesll4 supernumerary officers belonging
to battalions or companies, and 9,075 camp
followers, and public or private grooms, and
burden carriers. Further, one...”
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“...ANHUIROBBERY, MURDER, AND MAN-
SLAUGHTER.
(2) A Memorial from the Governor of
Anhui reporting the trial and sentence of a
soldier, who was convicted of the robbery
of government funds, and of the murder of
one person and the manslaughter of another.
Li Hsieu-ts*ai, the criminal, Avaa a native of
Po-chou wlicre lio worked as a day labourer.
In March 1885, being out of employment,
he and a friend, a Honan man, named Sun
Fu-jung, enlisted in the Sung Wu battalion,
the one being attached to the central divi-
sion and the other tu the left. The battalion...”
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“...Hsiang-hsiang district praying that a former
Conimander-in-Chief of the province may
be granted posthumous distinction, and
that the record of his military career may
be compiled by the State Historiographers
Office. Chou Iv^ian-shih, who was a native
of the above district, entered the army in
1853, and fought in several engagements in
Hupeh and Kiimgsi, in which lie slaughtered
a great number of rebels and received
a dozen or so of wounds. In 1856 he
proceeded to Hupeh in command of a Hunan
battalion, and intercepted a large force of
rebels under Shih Ta-k (ai, recovering Wu-
chang and other cities and taking over 20
of the rebel officers prisoners. In 1857 he
captured Kuangchi and fought several bat-
tles in which he defeated the enemy and
captured 43 of their of their s(i-disant
officers. In 1858 he re-took Kiukiang,
Tai-hu, CIVen-shan, Tung-cheng and
Shu-ch^engin Anhui, and made prisoners of
Ch'en T4en-fa, Li T(ien-k(ai, and some
score more of the rebel chieftains. Towards
the close of...”
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“...This sum be begs
may be provided by the Board of Works in
Shengching and accounted for to the hoard
at Peking, for the funds allotted to the
support of his army will not bear any
further strain. He has recently been
directed to rejuy the cost nf telegr;i]b poles
and wires in the province within a certain
number of years ; and his military estimates
in years with an extra month amount to
not less than Tls. 337,000, in addition to
which he ]i;is to provide the munitions and
necessaries for one battalion more.Re-
ferred by Rescript to the Board.
CUSTOMS STATION AT SANSING.
(2) The Governor of Kirin represents that
,the Custom-house afc Sansing has now been
established for five years and he proposes to
fix the annual sum which the Customs
authorities shall be required to collect. He
remarks that the Custoin-house was ori-
ginally established more with the object of
keeping a supervision over what passed the
barrier than in the hopes of obtaining a
large revenue. The average annual re-
ceipts...”
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“...created for the Pre-
fecture of Taiping and tlie department of
Ivuei-shun ; Kuei-sliun is to be raised to
the rank of an independent department);
and the Assistant Sub-Prefecture of Hsiao
Chen-an is to be converted into a district
under the name of Chen-pien. The Coin-
niander-in-Chief has six battalions of troops
numbering 1,260 men under him at Liu-
chou. Of this number only about 800 nre
stationed in the city, the remainder being
required for defensive services in other
districts. The central battalion is to ac-
company the Coinmander-in-Chief to Lung
Chou, and the front and rear battalions are
to be withdrawn. This will leave three
battalions, numbering about GOO men,
under the command of a brigade-general,
who ia to replace the Connnander-in-Cluef.
This force is insufficient to undertake the
defensive work formerly performed by the
Liu-ehou troops, part of which is to be
transferred to the garrison at Kuei-lin Fu.
The Intendancyof T^ai-p^ngand Kuei-shun
is jul important addition to the civil...”
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“...the top of them.
The breach extended for 30 or 40 cha^ig, but
fortunately the main body of the water con-
tinued to flow in the channel of the river
and was not diverted from its proper
course. The sudden nature of the occur-
rence and the tempestuous violence of the
wind and waves rendered human effort of
little avail, but still improper management
is undoubtedly responsible for what has
happened and there is no excuse to be
offered. It is, therefore, asked that the
Major of the Shang-nan battalion, the As-
sistant Department Magistrate of Ch^ng
Chou and the Lieutenant and Sergeant of
the guard station below Cheng Chou should
all be degraded, and await such further
treatment as many be decided upon after
the breach shall have been closed. Li
ChSng-jung, the Intendant of the B?ai Kuei
Circuit, should also, it is suggested, be
handed over to the board for the deter-
mination of a penalty. Memorialist himself
has been the recipient of unbounded favours,
and had hoped to be able bo report...”
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“...provinces, summary
execution has been sanctioned in the case
of accessories equally with that of principals
in such crimes, and it is now requested
that the same procedure may be adopted
in Shensi for a few years until this class of
criminals is extirpated, when the old usage
will be reverted to.Referred to the
consideration of the Board of Punishments.
DISAPPEARANCE OF A MILITARY OFFICER
CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLEMENT.
October 26th.The Acting Governor of
Kiangsi reports the following case : The
battalion of troops stationed at Hu Kou
under the command of Major Hsii Ying-
tai had a complement of 317 ocers and
men. A report having reached the acting...”
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