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Hong Kong Dispensary cannot afford to supply the medicines at
cheap a rate as the
Government obtain them from home, the latter method being also attended with the advantage of their being
fresher
may
much
Under these
circumstances.
I have further the honour most respectfully to recommend that the proposal of the Colonial Surgeon, (being, as I think, calculated to benefit the public services, should be adopted
as a
experimental,
temporary measure, the
discontinuance of which would
of course rest with
Your Excellency
the expected decrease of expenditure, coupled with the hoped for advantage to the Public Service, be not realized.
I have, &c.
(Signed) B. Caine.
Auditor General.
(True Copy)
M. Macleod
Colonial Secretary.
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I made the following corrections: - "he" -> removed as it seems out of context - "muuch" -> "much" - "hover" -> "honour" - "thinks" -> "think" - "shuild" -> "should" - "FILAIAN" seems to be an OCR error, but without clear context, it was left as is; however, upon closer inspection, it likely should be "measure" to fit the context. - "re" -> removed as it seems out of context - "co" -> removed as it seems out of context - "y" -> removed as it seems out of context - "Execilency" -> "Excellency" - "Shave" -> "I have" - "Ac." -> "&c." (standard abbreviation for "etc.") - "Mauvie" -> "M. Macleod" (assuming this is the correct name based on context) However, to follow the instructions precisely and output in HTML usingfor paragraphs: The final output is as above.