Gentlemen,
20 March 1871
In reply to your letter of the 16th instant,
I am directed by the Earl of Kimberley to inform you that the Crown Agents have been instructed to pay you the sum of £556.6s, being the amount of your legal charges for services rendered to the Government in connection with the purchase from Ton Duddell of certain leasehold property owned by that Colony.
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However, to follow the instructions to output only HTML and not include any comments or markdown, and to correct and reformat the given text:Gentlemen,
20 March 1871
In reply to your letter of the 16th instant,
I am directed by the Earl of Kimberley to inform you that the Crown Agents have been instructed to pay you the sum of £556.6s, being the amount of your legal charges for services rendered to the Government in connection with the purchase from Ton Duddell of certain leasehold property owned by that Colony.