396  APPENDIX  A
The  Waiwu  Pu  (the  Board  of  Foreign  Affairs)  and  the  Li
Pu  (the  Board  of  Civil  Appointments)  will  be  the  same  as  hitherto.
The  police  affairs  being  only  a  part  of  civil  administration,  the
Board  of  Constabulary  is  hereby  re-named  the  Board  of  Civil
Administration  or  Min-cheng  Pu.  The  Board  of  Revenue  or
Hu  Pu  is  re-named  the  Board  of  Finance  or  Tuchih  Pu,  in  which
the  Council  of  Finance  or  Tsaicheng  Chu  is  included.  The
Board  of  Rites  is  hereby  amalgamated  with  the  Courts  ot
Sacrificial  Worship,  Imperial  Entertainments,  and  that  of  State
Ceremonial,  and  will  remain  under  the  old  name  of  Lee  Pu.
The  Board  of  Education  remains  as  hitherto.
The  Ping  Pu  or  Board  of  War  is  re-named  Luchiin  Pu,  and  the
Board  of  Army  Reorganisation  and  the  Court  of  Imperial  Stud
amalgamated  in  it.  It  is  also  decided  to  take  charge  of  the
affairs  of  the  Navy  and  General  Staff  until  the  establishment
of  a  Board  of  Navy  and  General  Staff  which  will  be  established
in  future.  The  Board  of  Punishment  is  re-named  Fah  Pu  or
the  Board  of  Justice,  to  be  responsible  for  all  the  judicial  administration ­
  ;  and  the  Grand  Court  of  Revision  is  re-named
Tali  Yuan  or  Court  of  Cassation,  which  is  to  take  charge  solely
of  the  matter  of  trying  civil  litigations  and  minor  cases.  The
Board  of  Works  is  amalgamated  with  the  Board  of  Commerce
under  the  new  style  of  Nung-kung-chang  Pu.  The  affairs  relating ­
  to  steamships,  railways,  telegraphs,  and  postal  administration ­
  are  now  placed  under  a  new  Board  called  the  Board  °*
Communications  or  Yuchuan  Pu  Lifan  Yuan  or  the  Mongolia^
Superintendency  is  hereby  re-named  the  Lifan  Pu  or  the  Board
of  Colonies.
Except  the  Waiwu  Pu,  the  system  of  which  will  remain  as
hitherto,  all  the  other  Boards  will  have  one  President  and
two  Vice-Presidents,  without  making  any  distinction  between
Manchu  and  Chinese.  .  ..
The  Censorate  is  an  office  where  the  administative  official
are  looked  after  and  either  impeached  or  recommended  according
to  the  circumstances.  Now  one  President  and  two  Vice-Presidents
are  appointed  to  the  Censorate,  and  the  Supervising  Censors  ot
the  Six  Boards  are  to  be  called  merely  Supervising  Censors-Otherwise
  there  will  be  no  change.
The  Tsecheng  Yuan  or  Government  Council,  where  the  pr^'
minent  officials  are  appointed  to  assist  in  state  affairs,  and
Shenchi-yuan  or  the  Court  of  Auditors,  where  all  the  revenue 5
and  expenditures  have  to  the  audited,  will  be  newly  established-The
  Imperial  Clan  Court,  Hanlin  Yuan,  Imperial  Board  o
Astronomy,  Imperial  Equipage  Department,  Imperial  House'
hold,  Banner  Battalions,  Imperial  Guards,  Peking  Gendarmerie 5 -
the  city  of  Peking  as  well  as  the  Peking  Granaries,  do  not  nee