Imperial Tablet

Imperial Tablet

Image Courtesy of: South Australia Museums

(centre)

瀛海归仁

Benevolence comes from over the seas

(upper Left to lower left)

光绪十五年六月 榖旦立

Set on a good day in the sixth month of the fifteenth year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu (corresponding to July 1889)

(upper left, second line to lower left, second line)

爱地来筹劝苏皖赈捐董事 雅鉴

For the perusal of the Adelaide Committee of Raising Relief Funds for the Jiangsu and Anhui Provinces

(upper right to lower right)

大清钦差南洋通商大臣 太子太保兵部尚书兼督察院右都御史总督江南江西等处 地方提督军务粮饷操江统辖南河管理两淮盐政一等戚毅伯曾国荃题赠

Gifted by Zeng Guoquan , the Qing Dynasty Minister of Commerce of Nanyang , [also known as] the Grand Tutor to the crown prince, the Secretary of the Army, the Right Minister of the Inspectorate, the Governor of Jiangnan and Jiangxi, etc., the Local Admiral, the Manager of Military Grain of the south of Changjiang River region, the Administrator of Salt of the region of north and south of Huai River and the First Class Earl Qi Yi.