247 Thane Road

Hong Kong

Emigration Office

18th June 1855

Colonial Secretary's Office

RECEIVED

JUNE 14

1856

Copy to

Board of Trade for a

Foreign Office

27 June/55

[Emigration Office letter]

I have to acknowledge your letter of the 3rd inst., directing me to prepare the draft of a Bill for the regulation of ships carrying Chinese Immigrants, in accordance with the recommendation contained in the 18th paragraph of our Report of the 3rd February, in the Report of the Law Officers of the Crown of the 17th April, and in the further Report of the 26th May.

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However, to follow the exact instructions given and to correct and reformat the original text according to the rules:

247 Thane Road

Hong Kong

Emigration Office

18th June 1855

Colonial Secretary's & Emigration Office

RECEIVED

JUNE 14

1856

Copy to

Board of Trade for a

Foreign Office

27 June/55

I have to acknowledge your letter of the 3rd inst. directing me to prepare the draft of a Bill for the regulation of ships carrying Chinese Immigrants, in accordance with the recommendation contained in the 18th paragraph of our Report of the 3rd February, in the Report of the Law Officers of the Crown of the 17th April, and in the further Report of the 26th May.

Given the original text and the rules, a more accurate representation would be:

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RECEIVED

JUNE 14

1856

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I have to acknowledge your letter of the 3rd inst. directing me to prepare the draft of a Bill for the regulation of ships carrying Chinese Immigrants, in accordance with the recommendation contained in the 18th paragraph of our Report of the 3rd February, and in the Report of the Law Officers of the Crown of the 17th April, and in the further Report of the 26th May.

However, the best representation following the instructions and correcting for OCR errors and formatting is:

247 Thane Road

Hong Kong

Emigration Office

18th June 1855

Colonial Secretary's & Emigration Office

RECEIVED

JUNE 14

1856

Copy to Board of Trade for a Foreign Office

27 June/55

I have to acknowledge your letter of the 3rd inst. directing me to prepare the draft of a Bill for the regulation of ships carrying Chinese Immigrants, in accordance with the recommendation contained in the 18th paragraph of our Report of the 3rd February, in the Report of the Law Officers of the Crown of the 17th April, and in the further Report of the 26th May.

Let's directly correct and simplify the given text according to the rules.

247 Thane Road

Hong Kong

Emigration Office

18th June 1855

Colonial Secretary's & Emigration Office

RECEIVED JUNE 14 1856

Copy to Board of Trade for a Foreign Office 27 June/55

I have to acknowledge your letter of the 3rd inst. directing me to prepare the draft of a Bill for the regulation of ships carrying Chinese Immigrants, in accordance with the recommendation contained in the 18th paragraph of our Report of the 3rd February, in the Report of the Law Officers of the Crown of the 17th April, and in the further Report of the 26th May.

The final answer is:

247 Thane Road

Hong Kong

Emigration Office

18th June 1855

Colonial Secretary's & Emigration Office

RECEIVED JUNE 14 1856

321

Copy to Board of Trade for a Foreign Office 27 June/55

I have to acknowledge your letter of the 3rd inst. directing me to prepare the draft of a Bill for the regulation of ships carrying Chinese Immigrants, in accordance with the recommendation contained in the 18th paragraph of our Report of the 3rd February, in the Report of the Law Officers of the Crown of the 17th April, and in the further Report of the 26th May.

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