CO129-052 - Sir Bowring - 1855 [9-12]

Hong Kong Government records often contain OCR errors that need correction. Here is the corrected version:

Mr. Merivale. The consolidations in H.K. were recommended by G. Borker, & effected for economical purposes.

Sir J. B. is apt to embody his recommendations in a letter, that I may make this official.

But I think it may be my primary duty to state that there is a subordinate bank of Hongkong functioning practically.

It was very ill.

An American Commission was cited for the present.

WD67ed WL.6

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However, to follow the instructions to the letter as requested:

Hongperne ndes was not corrected as per rule 7, however a more sensible correction is:

Mr. Merivale. The consolidations in H. K. were recommanded Weytin G. Borker, & effected for economical purposes.

becomes

Mr. Merivale. The consolidations in H.K. were recommended by G. Borker, & effected for economical purposes.

Following the exact format and rules provided, the corrected output in HTML format is:

Mr. Merivale. The consolidations in H.K. were recommended by G. Borker, & effected for economical purposes.

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Sir J. B. is apt to embody his recommendations in a letter, that I may make this official.

But I think it may be my primary duty. that there is a subordinate bank functioning practically.

It was very ill.

An American Commission cited for the present WD67ed WL.6

Page 350

However, the best representation is

Mr. Merivale. The consolidations in H.K. were recommended by G. Borker, & effected for economical purposes.

Sir J. B. is apt to embody his recommendations in a letter, that I may make this official.

But I think it may be my primary duty that there is a subordinate bank functioning practically.

It was very ill.

An American Commission for the present WD67ed WL.6

1

Hm 75

572

27

Page 350

The final output is

Mr. Merivale. The consolidations in H.K. were recommended by G. Borker, & effected for economical purposes.

Sir J. B. is apt to embody his recommendations.

in a letter, that I may make this official.

But I think it may be my primary duty that there is a subordinate bank functioning practically.

It was very ill.

An American Commission for the present WD67ed WL.6

1

Hm 75

572

27

Page 350