ABSTRACT
Following a tour of Manchuria (in the winter of 1906) made hy ~ iI!" & Rsii2 Shih4-ch'ang\ President of the Ministry ()f the Interior, and. :Ii Tsai3 Chen4, President of the Ministry of Commerce, and' in consequence of a joint :Memorial submitted by them with regard to the condition of affairs there, a change was effected in the system of government of that section of the Empire. By Imperial Decrec of the 20th April, 1907, a general reform of the government of Manchuria was made, by which the ~ • Chiang1 Chiinl were aholished and replaced by a GovernorGeneral and three Governon. The officials appointed to these new posts were commanded to draw up a detailed scheme for the government of the Three Eastern Provinces.
