Nearly all the officials of the Communication Department presented their resignations a number of times but the resignations were not accepted. In addition to the previous regulations issued by the Japanese commander-in-chief, the Foreign Office has been notified of the following: 1. When the Korean government appoints a magistrate the office of the commander-in-chief must first be notified. 2. Without the consent of the commander-in-chief the magistrate will not be permitted to go to his post of duty. 3. No mines can be worked or forests be cut down without permission of the commander-in-chief. Complaint is made that coal stored in Pyeng Yang has been secretly sold without an account being rendered. Request for payment has been made and a demand to discontinue secret selling. The magistrate of Chin Chun district reports that more than seventy members of a so called Righteous Army entered his district from Chook-san, with their leader Pak Chai-man. They had robbed the people of rice, money and guns, and departed in the direction of Chung an district. Mr. Chung Choo-yeng has been appointed governor of North Kyeng Sang province. The Law Department has ordered all judges to post bulletins of the trials of those sentenced to be hung, so that the public may know the charges, evidence, and law under which the criminal has been condemned to death. The Wonsan Kamni cannot see how ten policemen can satisfactorily perform the labors it formerly took forty policemen to perform. He wishes to know why thirty of his policemen have been dismissed, and he further greatly desires to have their places filled at once. The Agricultural Department has been requested to grant the use of the silk worm compound to the Japanese commander-in-chief. Graduating exercises of the Japanese language school in Chemulpo were held on the twentieth inst. The Minister, Inspector and other officers of the Korean Educational Department were in attendance. The five graduates have been appointed assistant teachers. The Foreign Office has been notified that the salaries of Japanese police inspectors in the five wards of Seoul must be paid at once. On the eighteenth inst. a Japanese notice was posted on the bulletin boards of the Korean Communication Department that from that day the Japanese would: 1. Take charge of the Korean ordinary postal service. 2. Take charge of the Korean telegraph and telephone service. By a special Edict Prince Eui Yang-koon represented His Majesty, the Emperor of Korea, at the formal ceremony of opening the Seoul-Fusan railway. The Japanese Prince received from the Emperor of Korea the decoration Keum Chuk Tai-soo and the attachés received the Pal Kwa and Tai Keu decorations from His Majesty. It is proposed to place Korean assistants under the Advisers of the various Departments in the Korean government, with salaries paid by the Finance Department.