Segning
the usual agreement, and to
issue to him
Rt 20
a
Sum
account
With the half Salary
which will be due
from the date of his arrival in
the Colony
and that which
will next be entitled
to half-salary
during
his Voyage
to Hong Kong;
and that he will be accompanied by his wife who must be provided with a free passage to
Hong Kong.
I beg
to acknowledge
the receipt of
your letter
of the 8th with
thanks for your kindness in
my appointment at the Mint at Hong
Kong. In your next commun-
ication would you please inform me
whether my
Caretaker will
be with me.
I am at Zochinval. As upon my
arrival you could not
decide
give me a decision
whether I go alone.
Presuming
you will furnish
me with the details
of the Engine Room, Boiler House
and Boilers, with inventories of the contents of all the Boxes; which
will lessen my
anxiety on
arrival.
Many thanks,
Bellefield
405
Birmingham Heath
Nov. 9th 1864
I made the following corrections: 1. Corrected spelling errors (e.g., "Wthe" -> "With", "Blum" -> "from", "Ial" -> "date", "balssalong" -> "half-salary", "Haughong" -> "Hong Kong", "accompaund" -> "accompanied", "afreefor" -> "a free passage to", "letta" -> "letter", "west" -> "next", "Care" -> "Caretaker", "Zochinval" -> kept as is, assuming it's a place name, "décids" -> "decide", "Ai." -> removed as it seems incomplete or a typo, "tomis" -> "the details", "Eu quie Room" -> "Engine Room", "Savvices" -> "inventories", "lesson" -> "lessen", "Ancal Save" -> removed as it seems out of context). 2. Fixed spacing issues and joined broken sentences. 3. Reordered some sentences for better readability. 4. Added punctuation where necessary to improve sentence structure. 5. Kept the original formatting as much as possible, usingtags for paragraphs.