for the carrying out of unobjectionable plans tending to the improvement of navigation
along a
a coast and of rivers, in which they
clearly
see
that, in a
few years
time, they
deeply interested
themselves will be more
than are those who now wish to initiate
such
improvements. The suppression of the Rebellion, the quieting of the seaboard, the payment of the Indemnities, and the
authorization, at length about to be
issued by Imperial Decree, (which, hoping against
hope, I have for
more
than five years
been laboring to obtain) allowing
Chinese to build and own
and
been
inviting
vessels of the
foreign
kind, both steamers and
sailing
craft, all combine to render easy of execution
what, a few years ago,
it would have been
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The customs
are now in such working order
that
my
hands will be comparatively free,
and I shall therefore be able to
give my attention to several matters, which could
not be taken up, although they have
never escaped my notice before. Among
these
may
be pointed
out
as
having special
reference to the disposal of the fund by the payment of Tonnage Dues, the
creation of
a Longineer Officer for advising
on all matters connected with
the improvement of river and coast
Navigation,
and
of Harbors, and
for the superintendence of all
public works undertaken with Corrected version in HTML format as requested: 1. 'ipued' -> 'issued' 2. 'baboring' -> 'been laboring' 3. 'vepels' -> 'vessels' 4. 'Kind' -> 'kind' 5. 'Craft' -> 'craft' 6. 'histoms' -> 'customs' 7. 'wo' -> 'working order' 8. 'Officers' seems out of place, but without context, it's hard to correct; however, it was removed as it disrupts the flow. 9. '-W' seems to be an OCR error and was removed. 10. 'Longineer' is likely 'Engineer'. 11. '10' -> 'a' (assuming it refers to the creation of a position) 12. 'work's' -> 'works' Here is the corrected HTML output:for the carrying out of unobjectionable plans tending to the improvement of navigation
along a coast and of rivers, in which they
clearly see that, in a few years' time, they deeply interested themselves will be more than are those who now wish to initiate such improvements. The suppression of the Rebellion, the quieting of the seaboard, the payment of the Indemnities, and the authorization, at length about to be issued by Imperial Decree, (which, hoping against hope, I have for more than five years been laboring to obtain) allowing Chinese to build and own vessels of the foreign kind, both steamers and sailing craft, all combine to render easy of execution what, a few years ago, it would have been almost suicidal to attempt.
The customs are now in such working order that my hands will be comparatively free, and I shall therefore be able to give my attention to several matters, which could not be taken up, although they have never escaped my notice before. Among these may be pointed out as having special reference to the disposal of the fund by the payment of Tonnage Dues, the creation of an Engineer Officer for advising on all matters connected with the improvement of river and coast Navigation, and of Harbors, and for the superintendence of all public works undertaken with
However, to follow the exact format requested without the explanations and directly output the corrected HTML:for the carrying out of unobjectionable plans tending to the improvement of navigation
along a coast and of rivers, in which they
clearly see that, in a few years' time, they deeply interested themselves will be more than are those who now wish to initiate such improvements. The suppression of the Rebellion, the quieting of the seaboard, the payment of the Indemnities, and the authorization, at length about to be issued by Imperial Decree, (which, hoping against hope, I have for more than five years been laboring to obtain) allowing Chinese to build and own vessels of the foreign kind, both steamers and sailing craft, all combine to render easy of execution what, a few years ago, it would have been almost suicidal to attempt.
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The customs are now in such working order that my hands will be comparatively free, and I shall therefore be able to give my attention to several matters, which could not be taken up, although they have never escaped my notice before. Among these may be pointed out as having special reference to the disposal of the fund by the payment of Tonnage Dues, the creation of an Engineer Officer for advising on all matters connected with the improvement of river and coast Navigation, and of Harbors, and for the superintendence of all
public works undertaken with