The Archive · 1887

THE '¢ WAN NIEN CHING"—PosTHUMOUS HONOURS TO OFFICEKS DROWNED IN HER

Liu Ming-chuan, Governor of Formosa, submits a list of 28 officers who wore drowned on the occasion of the sinking of the Chinese transport Wan Nien Ching, and requests that His Majesty will be pleased to the bestowal upon them of posthum rks of distinction on a liberal scale, The following are the names of the officers enumerated:—Ku Jupg, pectant department magistrate; Kuo chug, assistant district magi Wang Chung-hao, second class a department magistrate; Lu Tzu-hein, as-taut district magistrate; Ch'éu Ming ch, assistant district magistrate; Yang

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