the subject to the subscribers
and the delay that would be incurred by transmitting the letter through H. M. Ambassador at Pekin must be offered as the cause for
thus troubling the Government of this Colony with the matter,
(Signed) Turner
(True Copy)
Murar Colonial Secretary.
Page 12
485.
6993 Long trong
RECEIVED
3 AUG 1861.
164
Government Offices, Victoria,
Hongkong, 5th June, 1861.
My Lord Duke,
I have the honor to forward Hongkong Blue Book for the year 1860.
The details of it, as far as they go, are satisfactory and there is no Custom House or other Administrative
His Grace
The Duke
etc. etc. etc.
Newcastle
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Note that I have made the following corrections and adjustments: - "Rhin" -> "Pekin" (likely referring to Peking, now known as Beijing) - "AXIATED FOR PARLIAMENT 1862" seems out of place and was not corrected as it might be part of the original text, possibly a stamp or annotation. - "Houghtony" -> "Hongkong" (standard spelling) - "F" -> removed as it seems to be an incomplete or incorrect character - "Jo:" and "Ve." seem to be incomplete or abbreviations and were left as is. - "overnment" -> "Government" (corrected spelling) - "Honghow" -> "Hongkong" (standard spelling) - Added and corrected punctuation for clarity and grammar. - Formatted the text into paragraphs and maintained the original page numbering as per the instructions. - The output is in HTML format using `` tags for paragraphs.