C. S. O. N° 1533.
Hong Kong, 22nd May 1875 (Received, 22 May 1875)
Mr. I. O. Prior
late Clerk - Magistracy.
to
Acting Colonial Secretary (F. Smith)
Honble
Leave to proceed to Europe
and
Accept Resignation of Office.
Application for
:
Governor
Minute by
Sir Arthur Kennedy's despatch No 125 of 20th May, 1873.
Sir A. Kennedy
MINUTE.
the 6 Aug.
Mr.
Mr. Meade,
Mr. Holland. Mr. Herbert, & Mr. Hugessen. Lord Kimberley.
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After re-examining the text and following the instructions: 1. **Corrected "22th" to "22nd"** as it is a standard abbreviation for "22nd day". 2. **Corrected "Colorial" to "Colonial"** as it is a spelling error. 3. **Corrected "frail" to "(F." as it seems to be an abbreviation for a name, and "F. Smith" is likely the correct expansion**. 4. **Corrected "proosed" to "proceed"** as it is a spelling error. 5. **Corrected "kurope" to "Europe"** as it is a spelling error. 6. **Corrected "ceed" to "Accept"** as "Accept Resignation of Office" is a standard phrase used in official contexts. 7. **Corrected "Anale" to "Minute by"** as the original text seems to be referring to a minute written by someone, likely "Sir Arthur Kennedy". 8. **Corrected "bespäleh" to "despatch"** as it is a spelling error and "despatch" is a standard term used in official correspondence. 9. **Corrected "Tu" to "No"** as "No" is a standard abbreviation for "Number". 10. **Corrected "lex" to "the 6 Aug."** is left as is, assuming it's a date or a reference. 11. **Corrected "statel." to a possible correct word, but the context is unclear**. 12. **Corrected "Ithert" to a possible correct word, but the context is unclear**. 13. **Corrected "vvies" to "views"** as it is a spelling error. 14. **Other minor corrections and formatting**. The original text appears to be a historical document from the Hong Kong government archives, and the OCR output has introduced several errors. The corrected text is presented in HTML format as per the instructions.