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Tương Ching Magistrate in particular by dimissing him
from his post.
This the Viceroy would not promise to do, but
I think some of the definite instances of neglect of duty
on the part of this official and his colleague, the Tung
"un Magistrate, which I was able to give, opened the
Viceroy's eyes to a state of affairs which had evidently
been concealed from him, and if it does not result in
the removal of these officials - one is unfortunately
a relative of the Provincial Treasurer –
may cause thom
to adopt a different attitude towards the railway in
future.
As far as I can learn from the correspondenco
recently h ́nded to me by Mr. Grove, and my knowledge of
that gentleman and his assistant engineers, neither he
nor they are in any way to blame for the difficulties that
have arism in the No. 2 District. Mr. Wei Han, too, would
appear to have given Mr. Grove every assistance that it
lay in his power to give.
The real cause of the trouble, I venture to
submit,
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