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Gentlemen,

Government House, Hong Kong, June 3, 1842.

In reply to your

Letter of the 31st Ultimo,

I am directed by His Excellency Sir Henry Pottinger

to acquaint you, that your application for

the ground you wish, will remain on record, but

that at present, His Excellency cannot conjecture the principle on which Her Majesty's Government may be pleased hereafter to sanction land being granted... Should it be by priority of application, Your claim will of course stand good; but it seems more than probable that

competition will oblige Government to put

all ...

Refers Bell Hi...

However, to follow the exact output format as requested, here is the revised response in HTML format without markdown:

N285

222

Gentlemen,

Government House, Hong Kong, June 3, 1842.

In reply to your

Letter of the 31st Ultimo,

I am directed by His Excellency Sir Henry Pottinger

to acquaint you, that your application for

the ground you wish, will remain on record, but

that at present, His Excellency cannot conjecture the principle on which Her Majesty's Government may be pleased hereafter to sanction land being granted... Should it be by priority of application, Your claim will of course stand good; but it seems more than probable that

competition will oblige Government to put

all ...

Refers Bell Hi...

Let's correct and reformat according to the given instructions. 1. The original text had "Honghong" which is corrected to "Hong Kong". 2. "16412" is corrected to "1842". 3. "31th Ullimo" is corrected to "31st Ultimo". 4. "Kwoelleney" is corrected to "Excellency". 5. "aequamb" seems to be an OCR error and is not clear; however, based on context, it is interpreted as "the ground you wish". 6. "kneellency" is corrected to "Excellency". 7. "sanctim" is corrected to "sanction". 8. "probabie" is corrected to "probable". 9. The text is reformatted into proper paragraphs. The final output is as above. However, to adhere strictly to the format and further refine:

N285

222

Gentlemen,

Government House, Hong Kong, June 3, 1842.

In reply to your Letter of the 31st Ultimo, I am directed by His Excellency Sir Henry Pottinger to acquaint you, that your application for the ground you wish, will remain on record, but that at present, His Excellency cannot conjecture the principle on which Her Majesty's Government may be pleased hereafter to sanction land being granted... Should it be by priority of application, Your claim will of course stand good; but it seems more than probable that competition will oblige Government to put all ...

Refers Bell Hi...

Given the original text was cut off, the last line "Refers Bell Hi" is kept as is due to lack of context for proper correction.
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