The Sub-prefect. in charge of the North Bank of the Yungting River was kept very busy this year attending to. the embankments at the time of the freshets. As he way forced to travel about a great deal, he carried his official seal with him in order to be able to send off despatches wherever he might be. While he was attending to one place that was threatened, he was suddenly summoned away to another on the opposite side of the river. He jumped into a boat; but when in -stream it was upset by a violent storm. He was rescued after being carried a long way by the current, but his servant end the petty officer in charge of his seal were drowned. The Viceroy thinks that the loss of the seal under these circumstances was a pardonable matter; but he is obliged by law to report the Sub-prefect for a penalty. He further beys that a new seal may be made and issued.—-Approved.
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