CO129-004 - Public Offices & Admiralty - 1843

Sir A Pottinger

Forwarded by

253

Nongdong 7. Bet /43.

I have the honor to

inform you

having decided upon

establishing

a

Port Office in Hongkong ...

et to the jurisdiction

of the Post Master General Viscount Low ther has

announced to me that he has selected Mr Scales for the situation of Port

Master in

to

Mr Scales will proceed to the Colony shortly ... I have to request that you will make the requisite arrangements and afford him the necessary assistance for the punctual and satisfactory discharge

of his duties...

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Sir A Pottingen

becomes

Sir A Pottinger

کی جسار

becomes

Forwarded by

(assuming "کی جسار" is an OCR error for "Forwarded by")

Leonarded by

is not corrected as it might be a specific term or name, but for the sake of clarity and following instructions, it is left as is, however, a more plausible correction could be "Forwarded by".

253

remains the same.

Nongdong 7. Bet /43.

remains the same, though "Nongdong" could be a misrecognition; a plausible correction might be "Hongkong 7. Bet /43" or another location, but without further context, it's left as is.

I have the honor to

remains the same.

infome son

becomes

inform you

having decided upon.

remains the same.

extablishing

becomes

establishing

abouée

becomes

a

(though "abouée" seems to be an error, a more plausible correction is simply "a")

a

remains the same.

Port Office in Holiphag daljeet

becomes

Port Office in Hongkong ...

(correcting "Holiphag daljeet" to "Hongkong" as it seems to be the intended location, and adding "..." to indicate missing text)

et to the jurisdict

becomes

et to the jurisdiction

liction

is merged with the previous line to form "jurisdiction"

of the Post Master Squal Viscount low ther has

becomes

of the Post Master General Viscount Low ther has

(correcting "Squal" to "General")

amounced to me that he has selected Mr Scales for the situation of Port.

becomes

announced to me that he has selected Mr Scales for the situation of Port

-master in

becomes

Master in

to

remains the same.

M.Scales with proceed Wo the Colony shortly asseme

becomes

Mr Scales will proceed to the Colony shortly ...

(correcting "M.Scales" to "Mr Scales", "with" to "will", "Wo" to "to", and "asseme" to indicate missing text or an error with "...")

I have to request that you with make the requisite arrangements and afford hine the neupany appistand for this punctual and Satisfactory discharge.

becomes

I have to request that you will make the requisite arrangements and afford him the necessary assistance for the punctual and satisfactory discharge

(correcting "with" to "will", "hine" to "him", "neupany appistand" to "necessary assistance", and "Satisfactory" to "satisfactory")

hhause

is not directly corrected but seems to be part of the next sentence or a separate thought; it is plausible that it is an error and part of the following sentence.

Wis duties_and

becomes

of his duties...

(correcting "Wis" to "his" and indicating a possible continuation or error with "...")