Harbor Master's Office
123 Victoria, Hong Kong,
In reply to your letter of the 17th instant, M. 168, I beg to report that the "Levant" arrived at Hong Kong from Whampoa on the 31st January ulte, and dropped down to Green Island on the 10th inst., where she still remains. The "Levant" is under the Prussian Flag, and commanded by Captain Albert Mird; the Owner, I believe is Mr. McCormick, a British subject, and I understand at Macao.
The crew of the vessel were partly entered at this office, and the Ship's
To
The Honorable
M. J. Mercer, Esq.,
Colonial Secretary,
&c. &c. &c.
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was not in original, thus directly kept the content as is, with minor fixes: - "Honighing" -> "Hong Kong" - "Houghing" -> "Hong Kong" - "Mi" removed as it seems to be a fragment or typo - "Horussion" -> "Prussian" - "Aine" -> "Captain" - "Bowanon" -> "British" - "nno" -> "and" - "ult" -> "ulte" to indicate abbreviation for "ultimo" - "inst." kept as "inst." but expanded to "instant" for clarity - "Mampon" -> "Macao" - "messel" -> "vessel" - "Bej." and extra "Be." removed as they appear to be repetitions or typos - "Ehf" -> "Esq." - Added paragraph breaks for better readability. - The original text had "17th mustant", which was corrected to "17th instant". - The character "༡" was removed as it appears to be a non-relevant OCR artifact.