The Governor of Kuangsi requests permission to select a new Sub-Prefect for Bose, a district which is well known by name as being at the head of the navigation of the West River of Canton, on the main route between that city and Yunnan. Bose is described by the memorialist as a troublesome and busy post, in a malarious situation and surrounded' by aborigines. 'The subprefect there has always the right to be withdrawn after three years' service, and given a post in a more habitable district.
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