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charge of ambassadors and receives the reports of all Tsotin-ius and mili- 

 tary and civil officers, and after examination, submits the same to the em- 

 peror and issues the necessary replies. The Koun-pn-ta-yeng superintends 

 persons employed on public works or service. 



" The Shyeng-pti-td-yeng inquires into and decides on criminal affairs. 

 The Ky6-mein-tutu has no business ; but the gates of which he had charge 

 have been placed under the Lupu-td-yeng. The Hu-pu-td-yeng superin- 

 tends the public lands and revenues and the census of the population. 

 The Lupu-td-yeng superintends the ceremony of doing homage to the 

 emperor. There is no YoUn or Lhuot-to (court of justice or council 

 chamber of ministers), but each chief examines and issues his orders 3 and 

 then reports to the Td-yeng of the interior, who submits the same to the 

 emperor. The TJil-pu-td-yeng, who superintend affairs outside, are cal- 

 led within the palace, whenever the emperor has occasion for them. The 

 following is a list of the governors and military officers at a distance from 

 the capital. There are ten civil officers. The Tso&n-tu, the Pfiu-taik, 

 the Lyan-taung, the Lyin-taung, the An-tsha-tshln, the Pn-teng-tsin, the 

 TJiauk-taik, the Phu-khueng, the Tso-khueng, and the Shyeng-khuenff. 

 There are ten military officers also. The Tutu, Tsi-taik, Shyin-taik, 

 Tshan-kyan, YoJkyi, Tu-tstn, Shyo-pe, Tsheng-tso&n, Pa-tsoiin } and 

 Waik-we. Under one TsoHn-tu there are two PJiuMrik, civil officers, and 

 two Tutu, military officers, and subordinate officers without number. 

 The Tso&n-tu and the civil officers and governors take cognizance of 

 crimes, thefts, fires, lawsuits and revenue matters. The Titu and the 

 military officers superintend the military and their affairs. There are 

 seven kinds of distinction on the top of the head-dress (buttons) cop- 

 per, white-coloured, glass, opaque blue-coloured, transparent blue-coloured, 

 opaque red, and transparent red-coloured. The civil officers Tmiin-tu 

 and PJiu-taik, and the military officer Tutu have transparent red but- 

 tons, and the subordinate officers of different colours according to their 

 different ranks. The Tsoiin-tu and all the civil officers wear a long robe 

 with the figure of a bird worked in gold thread on the breast and back. 

 The Tutic and some of the military officers wear a long robe with the figure 

 of a lion worked in gold thread on the breast and back, and some with 

 the figure of a Tiger or of a To (fabulous animal) on the breast and back. 

 The musqueteers wear a blue jacket reaching to the waist, with a border 

 of red two fingers in breadth, and some Chinese letters in white on the 

 breast and back. The musqueteers and lancemen also wear the figure 

 of a JBhulu's head (monster's) or of a tiger's head on their head-dress. 

 The feathers of peacocks are not conferred upon officers according to 

 their situations. They are given to military officers only, to men near 

 the emperor who may have distinguished themselves in any action and 

 pleased the emperor. All the civil and military officers of towns and 

 villages come once in three years to Pehin. No presents are allowed to 

 be taken from any of the towns and villages, but the emperor gives a 

 monthly salary in silver to every officer according to his situation. 



