June 7th.—{1) A Decree.—We are in receipt of a Memorial from Liu Ming-chuan in which he reports the work that has been done in opening up and reducing to submission the savage territory in Formosa, and solicits the bestowal of marks of encouragement on the officers by whose exertions it has been carried out. During the few months Liu Ming-chuan and his staff have been engaged in taking measures for the pacification of the island and the development of communication, 216 hamlets of the savages in the districts to the north and south of the interior range of mountains, with a population numbering 50,000; and 260 hamlets in the districts round the front range of hills, with a population of 38,000, have successively tendered their submission to our allegiance. The territory thus recovered contains several tens of thousands of mow of arable land. Liu Ming-ch-nan's action has been prompt and satisfactory, and his niilitary policy has been such as to merit Our commendation. We command that Colonels Chang Chao-lien and Tay Mao-en, the two officers who especially distinguished themselves, may have their names enrolled for promotion to the rank of Briga neral, and that Captain Cheng Vu-chin receive the brevet rank of Major, and be placed first on the list for promotion to the rank of First Captain. Let the other oticers who took part in the work be recommended for marks of distinction.
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