250 troops are to be stationed at the fort/town, from now on to be known as Nova Lisboa[located in modern day Taipivai], on Nuka Hiva as well as two sloops to serve as police and transit between islands. A small farm and orchard are also constructed on the island adjacent to the fort to provide food for the stationed soldiers. These troops will be comprised of young men who do not have families elsewhere. Their wives and children are also welcome to come and to work and live in the small village of dock hands and barracks. Homes will be built for the families and jobs will be offered to the wives and elder children working on the farms and orchards or possibly running bakeries and other small businesses in the village. 50 dockhands working for the Crowns trading company will be stationed there to look after the port as well as 20 clerks and other higher level positions within the trading company. The wives and families of these workers and civil servants are invited to move to the island where they will be given free housing and a job as well as a 2% tax cut: 100 men are expected to sign up. We also put up offers throughout Portugal and offer a job and free housing to any person who moves to Nova Lisboa. We invite the Jesuite Order to establish a church in Nova Lisboa as well. We inform the Chilean Government of the establishment of Nova Lisboa and say that any Chilean Immigrants would be welcome and that pineapple and banana plantations would be very suitable in the surrounding areas. Any areas of importance to the natives surrounding the town will be left alone and designated as protected land. The native population is encouraged to sit in on mass and a mass in the local language will be given every Wednesday. Efforts will also be made to teach the locals Portuguese as well as to learn their language more fully so communication may take place better; the idea of creating a creole language between the two for usage on the island has been proposed in Portugal and may go into effect on a later day.
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