Wo have received a memorial from Liu Kun-yi, Viceroy of the Linngkinng_ pro-vinoes, stating that a hsiutsat (licentinto) of Kuangfénghsien, Kiangsu province, named Yang Kung-cheng endeavoured in the 4th moon of this year (May-June) to conspire against the Government and tried to persuade a missionary named Liu' Tsai-ta to join him in his rebellion, Fortunately" this missionary was an honest and law-abiding man and handed to the memorialist the original letter of the said Yang Kung-cheng which led the latter's arrest and trial, clearly proving that the accused desired to rebel against the constituted authorities. Wo hereby ordered the said Yang Kung-cheng to be summarily executed as a warning to all, Now foreign missionaries come to China to exhort people to be good. As the said missionary has come forward of his own accord to reveal the conspiracy which was proved by the secret letter sent him by the said Yang Kung-cheng, this missionary has indeed proved his object in being in this country—that of exborting people to be good. A most praiseworthy action indeed! We hereby grant to the said missionary, Liu Tsai-tu, the broveb Sed rank bution, with the 2nd rank button for his parents as. mark of our appreciation for his conduct.
[Note: As missionaries generally adopt Chinese names, it is impossible to know off hand who is meant by the term "Liu
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.