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Ming-shan, Viceroy of Yun-nan and Kwei-chow provinces, entreats the Imperial attention to the subject of this address. I, your slave, have received a communication from the military commander, Ah-tsing-ah, stating, that "in the first year, and the third moon, he was indebted to the Imperial goodness for his present appointment of general of Tăng yuĕ chin, and that having been introduced to your Majesty's presence, he reached his station in the 8th moon of the same year. Three years having nearly elapsed, it is right that he solicit to be again introduced." In the 6th year of Kea-king (1801) the Imperial decree signified, that for the future, the precise period of presenting military officers need not be rigidly observed: that any such persons as were not immediately engaged in the performance of important duties, might proceed in turn to Peking to be introduced." This is respectfully preserved on record. The station of Tang yuĕ, being on the very frontier itself, is of great consequence. Watch towers and lines of communication are not forming: and it would be inexpedient to entrust the command to an inexperienced person; therefore it is right to petition the Imperial goodness to defer the period of this General's presentation until the work in which he is engaged be completed. For this purpose the present address is humbly offered up.

Chaou-shin-chin, Viceroy of Fŭh-këen and of Che-keang provinces, with his colleagues, kneels and presents this report concerning the depreciation