The list has been prepared with considerable care, especially as to the
spelling of the Chinese names.
[Inclosure in No. 120.]
Chinese official list.
Grand council or cabinet, seven members, four Manchu and three
Chinese, arranged in order of precedence:
President.—(1) Prince Li (Manchu), hereditary
prince, a distant branch of the Imperial family.
Members.—(2) Jung Lu (Manchu), a grand
secretary of state, supervisor of board of war, commander in chief
of the northern armies, member of the Tsung-li Yamên, ex-viceroy of
Province of Chihli, ex-military governor of Peking. (3) Kang Yi
(Manchu), junior grand secretary of state, president of board of
war, ex-president of board of punishments, ex-governor of Provinces
of Shansi, Kiang, and Kwangtung. (4) Wang Wen-shao (Chinese), of
Chekiang Province, president of board of revenue, member of Tsung-li
Yamên, commissioner of railway and mining bureau, ex-viceroy
Provinces of Yunnan and Kuei-cheu, ex-viceroy Province ot Chihli.
(5) Chi Hsiu (Manchu), president of board of ceremonies, president
of household office. (6) Ch’ien Ying-p’u (Chinese of Chekiang),
president of board of works, ex-president of censorate. (7) Liao
Shou-heng (Chinese of Province of Kiangsu), junior guardian of heir
apparent, president of board of ceremonies, member of the Tsung-li
Yamên, ex-president of board of punishments.
The Tsung-li Yamên (foreign office), ten members, six Chinese and
four Manchus, arranged in order of precedence:
Presidents.—(1) Prince Ch’ing (Manchu), lord
chamberlain of the Imperial court, commandant of the Peking field
force.
Members.—(2) Wang Wen-shao member of grand
council. (3) Liao Shou-heng member of grand council. (4) Ch’ung Li
(Manchu), junior guardian of the heir apparent, president of the
board of punishments, military governor of Peking. (5) Chao
Shu-ch’iao (Chinese), president of board of punishments,
commissioner of railway and mining bureau. (6) Hsu Yung-e (Chinese),
vice-president of board of civil office. (7) Hsü Ching-ch’eng
(Chinese), vice-president of board of works, ex-minister to Germany
and Russia. (8) Yuan Ch’ang (Chinese), ex-treasurer, Nankin. (9)
Kuei Ch’un (Manchu), ex-provincial judge, Kansu; ex-taotai of grain
transport, Shantung. (10) Lien Yuan (Manchu), ex-provincial judge,
An-hui.
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In addition to the above members there is a staff of 4 chief
secretaries, 4 assistant secretaries, 9 secretaries in the bureau
for Great Britain, 12 in the bureau for France, 12 in the bureau for
Russia, 12 in the bureau for the United States, 7 in the
coast-defense office, and various others, making a total staff, with
official rank, of 79.
The six boards in order of precedence:
the board of civil office.
- Presidents, senior.—Hsi Ching, Manchu;
Sun Chia-nai, Chinese.
- Vice-presidents.—Ch’ung Kuang, Hsü
Yung-e.
- Junior vice-presidents.— P’u Shan, Hsü
Hui-feng.
the board of revenue.
- Presidents.—Ching Hsin, Manchu; Wang
Wen-shao, Chinese.
- Senior vice-presidents.—Li Shan,
Manchu; Wu Shu-mei, Chinese; Tseng Kuang Han (acting).
- Junior vice-presidents.—P’u Liang,
Manchu; Ch’en Hsueh-fen, Chinese.
the board of ceremonies.
- Presidents.—Chi Hsiu, Manchu; Liao
Shon-heng, Chinese.
- Senior vice-presidents.—Kuo P’u T’ung
Wu, Manchu; Wang Hsi Fan (acting).
- Junior vice-presidents.—Sa Lien,
Manchu; Tang Ching-ch’ung, Chinese.
the board of war.
- Presidents.—Kang Yi, Manchu; Hsü P’u,
Chinese.
- Senior vice-presidents.— Jung Hui,
Manchu; Hsü Hui-feng, Chinese (acting).
- Junior vice-presidents.—Wen Chih,
Manchu; Shou Ch’ang, Manchu.
the board of punishments.
- Presidents.—Ch’ung Li, Manchu;
Shu-ch’iao, Chinese.
- Senior vice-presidents.—A-k’o-tan,
Manchu; Li Pei-yuan, Chinese.
- Junior vice-presidents.—K’un Hsui,
Manchu; Liang Chung-heng, Chinese.
the board of works.
- Presidents.—Sung Kuei, Manchu;
Ying-p’u, Chinese; Hsu Shu ming (acting).
- Senior vice-presidents.—Feng Ming,
Manchu; Hsu Ching-ch’eng, Chinese.
- Junior vice-presidents.—Ying Nien,
Manchu; Yang Ju, Chinese.
In addition to the presidents, etc., there is a staff of 144
secretaries, 185 under secretaries, 163 assistant secretaries, and
553 clerks, making a total staff of the six boards, with official
rank, of 1,081, besides about 1,000 clerks and copyists without
rank.
