A decree expressing the Imperial gratitude for the plenteovs and refreshing rain which has now been vouchsafed by the Wounty of heaven in response to recent repeated supplications. Services of thanksgiving are to be held on the 7th instant at the various temples at which prayers for previously offered up, His Majesty obiciating in person at the ta Kno Tien. The altars specially erected at the Ta Kao Tien and Chiieh Sheng Ss, are now to be taken down, and the hope is expressed that further timely showers may be granted, in vatitication of the people's desire for a bountiful harvest. the command of the Pioneer's Corps Depart-
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