(2) Prong Ao, a native of Kiangsi and at present Acting Prefect at Foochow, represents that after spending twenty years in the Government service in Fukien, he has just received intelligence that his ancestral graveyard has been damaged by a sudden lood which took place last autumn. He therefore requests that he may be allowed to relinquish his post in the public service and return to his home, in order to attend to the necessary repairs.—Granted by Rescript.
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