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THE GATE OF VICTORY, MUKDEN.

Mukden, the capital of Manchuria, is officially the second city of the Empire. In it are duplicated all the official boards, save one, that exist in Peking, the capital of the Empire. Thus Mukden possesses its Board of Rites and Ceremonies, of Punishments, etc. etc., just like Peking. Close to Mukden are the ancestral graves of the Manchu dynasty.

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