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“...list for promotion of their respective ranks
and to give them leave to wear the button
of the higher rank in the meantime.-Re-
quest granted.
22nd January.
The greater part of to-days Gazette is
taken up with an appeal case fpom Shan-
tuiig which does not however present any
features of interest.
INCREASE OK THE MILITARY ESTABLISH-
MENT IN ILI.
The Acting Governor of Hi submits a
proposal for increasing the forces under his
command by 1,090 rank and file, i.e. a
brigade consisting of one battalion and one
patrol of infantry and four banners of
cavalry together with the necessary officers
and camp followers. This is part of a
scheme originated by his predecessor who
nfortunately died while engaged in working
ut the details. The great extent of terri-
ory to be patrolled renders such an increase
ery necessary.Let the Board consider the
uestion and reportthe estimates submitted
y memorialist to be handed to the Board.
23rd January.
REWARDS TO VIRTUOUS WOMEN.
In 1868, Liuchou, a city...”
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“...Chihli, and have received by way of reward
permission to erect memorials to the authors
of these charitable deeds.
14th and 15th February.
APPOINTMENTS.
Sung Kuei-chii and Fo Yu-chcii are
appointed Superintendents of the Live
stock and House duty at Peking for the
current year.
EXPLOSION OP GUNPOWDER AT T£AIPING FU.
The Acting Viceroy of the Liang Kiang
states that he has received the following
communication from the Admiral in charge
of the Yangfcse. The powder magazine of
the Central battalion under my command is
situated in the S.E. comer of TPiping Fu.
It is removed at some distance from other
houses and stands on a waste piece of
ground surrounded by a moat. The Colonel
in charge in accordance with the regulations
appointed the Captain of the right patrol,
governor of the magazine, but as that
officer had many other duties to perform
the special care of the powder devolved on
an expectant Lieutenant named Tang. On
all occasions, however, when any powder was
received into or issued...”
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“...28
[Mar. 14
in question after the lapse of several years
show signs of having been well drilled ap-
plication may be made to reward one or two
of the officers. In memorialists opinion
the results displayed at this last inspection
justify him in making such application and
he would ask that the Colonel of the one
battalion be granted the brevet rank of
Brigadier General and that to the other be
awarded a button of the second class.
J^et the Board of War consider and report.
LEAVE ON ACCOUNT OF ILL HEALTH.
Chang Shun, the Governor of Kirin, sends
in an urgent application for a months leave
oil the ground of ill health. He would
point out that when serving near Chiayii-
kuan (Kansu) constant exposure to cold
and damp very seriously affected his health.
At the time it was impossible for him,
on account of the urgent nature of the ser-
vice on which he was engaged, to return to
Peking and place himself under inedical
treatment, and the result is that every
spring and summer his legs swell...”
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“...appearance
seemed to be made with a view to re-
organisation, but to which it was not
expedient to assent until the matter had
been more closely gone into. Read
by the light of memorialises subsequent
information these schemes would ap-
pear to have been proposed with a
view to furthering Chi Kao-huis private
interests, and a deputy was appointed to
make secret enquiry into the matter.
After this step had been decided upon a
further report was made by Li Shoa-
fang, an ocer attached to the central
battalion of the Tunyang Brigade, to
the effect that the three battalions of
horse and foot soldiers constituting the
Brigade had hitherto always beer
up to the full strength of 620 men.
however last year Chi Kao-hui took com-
mand he at once dismissed some 110 men
and sold 42 horses, while insisting that
the officers concerned should draw pay and
allowances for them as before and hand
the amount over to himself. In this w&y
in the course of three months he appro-
priated over Tls. 2,000. In the 4th moon...”
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“...military graduate Hang
Hsing-yiian but when these came to
be investigated by the Kueichow Pre-
fect he took up the ground that he was
an ocial of rank and refused to answer
all questions. Memorialist accordingly
asks for permission to immediately degrade
him in order that he may be put on trial
and duly punished.
10th November.
malpractices of a military official.
Ma Chao-tung, acting General of the
Yungchow Brigade, Hunan, got to learn
that Hsieh Shang-yiian, a captain of the
Ling-tung battalion stationed in a remote
part of the province on the borders of
Kuangtung, was a notorious appropriator
of public funds and guilty of quite a number
of malpractices. An officer was detached
to make a secret- investigation into the
matter and from enquires made on the
spot it was ascertained that the rumours
current about Hsieh were all in accordance
with fact, and a statement was drawn up
of the more flagrant abuses of which he
had been guilty. During the five years lie
had held the post, the number...”
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“...having, however, already been
made up complete for the period in question,
the above amount will be carried forward
and credited in next years account.
15th November.
POSTHUMOUS HONOURS TO A TAOTAI.
The Emperor acknowledges the receipt
of a memorial from Wang Wen-shao, the
Viceroy of Yiinnan and Kueichow, in
which he solicits the bestowal of posthu-
mous honours upon Wu TzU-fa, who waa
formerly Intendant of the Kuei-tung circuit
in the latter province. The deceased officer
accompanied a battalion of Hupeh troops
during the Taiping and Nienfei rebellions
and did excellent service on the Imperia-
list side. Later on he quelled a rising of
the Miaotze in Kueichow and exerted
himself so strenuously in restoring the
country to its former state of tranquillity
that hia name is still cherished in the
hearts of the people. The Emperor ig
pleased t confer upon him all the honours,
accorded to an officer of his rank who dies
from the eflects of hard service in the field,
and has further sanctioned...”
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“...issued by the memorialists
couched in earnest language calculated
to remove the popular suspicions. Wuhu
is an important centre of trac on the
Yangtze, with a mixed population of
good and bad characters, which renders
the preservation of the peace there at
all times a matter of the utmost concern.
The military force at Wuhu being somewhat
slender and insufficient for the local re-
quirements, the Viceroy, after consulting
by letter with his colleague, despatched
General Tan Kuei-lin, with a battalion of
Hunan troops, to take up a strategic
position at the port and remain there
permanently for its protection. An ex-
pectant Taotai on the Kiangsu staff, named
Tsai-chiin, was deputed to assist the
acting Customs Taotai, P^ng-lu, in coming
to an arrangement with the missionaries
respecting the buildings and property that...”
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“...able notice of the Emperor Tung Chih,
he was created a Bei-lfh and granted the
decoration of the three-eyed peacock
feather. On the death of his father he
inherited the title of Prince of the first
order and became a Minister of the Presence
and Chamberlain of the Guards. Having
been raised to the rank of lieutenant-general
in the Manchu army, he saw active service
in Fengtlien against mounted robbers
and was subsequently appointed a high
minister for holding reviews and given
command of the battalion known as chien
jui. On our accession to the throne, we
conferred upon him repeated marks of
our favour, giving him the control of
the Peking field force, of the Imperial
Equipage department and of the Imperial
Armoury, in all of which posts he acquitted
himself with scrupulous care and unflagging
energy. He had recently received leave
to enable him to return to hia home in
order to complete the funeral arrangements
of his parents and we had hoped that on
hia return to Peking he might long
continue...”
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“...would were
it massed at one point, nor can it render
such ecient service as it could do were
it possible by posting detachments at
certain central positions to hold the
country in check. Memorialist has heard
that the Governor of Shantung proposes to
dismiss about five hundred of the Sung
Wu Chiinwho are too old for active
service, and as the funds for the mainten-
ance of this force are defined by Honan
meniorinlist would request permission to
utilise the money thus savepin enlisting
an extra battalion for service in his own
province, where it would be most useful in
maintaining order.TLef the Board concerned
consider and report.
22nd December.
IMPERIAL DECREE.
Te Ling, a ceremonial usher, is at the
instance of the Grand Chamberlain to be
delivered to the Board for punishment for
that he did yesterday conduct in an im-
proper manner a certain portion of the
services in connection with the solemn
sacrifices on the occasion of the Winter
Solstice.
CASE OF ABDUCTION.
Towards the end of June...”
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