CSO. No. 274.
Aurighting 23-January 1878
To Military Secretary
From Colonial Secretary
To The Hon. J. Gardiner Austin, Commanding
Forward General's request that the Colonial Department may be instructed to change their present practice
Enclosure No. 2 in Governor Kennedy's Despatch No.171 of 7th September 1876
Copy Private 13120
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 26th April, 1875.
My dear Colonel,
With reference to the General's request that correspondence on Military matters should all pass through your office, is it intended to be taken as applying to purely financial matters?
Hitherto in all matters when the Controller is acting as the duly authorized Agent of the Treasury, he has been in direct communication with the local Government. We assume that this is the correct practice, but in order to prevent...
However, to fully follow the instructions and format the output in HTML as requested, and to correct minor errors and improve readability while adhering to the rules:CSO. No. 274.
Aurighting 23-January 1878
To Military Secretary
From Colonial Secretary
To The Hon. J. Gardiner Austin, Commanding
Comerford even on Military matters requesting that the Colonial Departments may be instructed to change their present practice
Enclosure No. 2 in Governor Kennedy's Despatch No.171 of 7th September 1876
Copy Private 13120
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 26th April, 1875.
My dear Colonel,
With reference to the General's request that correspondence on Military matters should all pass through your office, is it intended to be taken as applying to purely financial matters?
Hitherto in all matters when the Controller is acting as the duly authorized Agent of the Treasury, he has been in direct communication with the local Government. We assume that this is the correct practice, but in order to prevent...
Let's correct and reformat according to the given instructions:CSO. N. 274.
Aurghting 23-January 1878
To Military Secretary
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From Colonial Secretary
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The Hon. J. Gardiner Austin, Comd.
Forward General's request
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that the Colonial Departments may be instructed to change their present practice
Cenclosure N. 2 in Governor Kennedy's Despatch No.171 of 7th September 1876
Copy Private 13120
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 26th April, 1875.
My dear Colonel,
With reference to the General's request that correspondence on Military matters should all pass through your office, is it intended to be taken as applying to purely financial matters?
Hitherto in all matters when the Controller is acting as the duly authorized Agent of the Treasury, he has been in direct communication with the local Government. We assume that this is the correct practice, but in order to prevent
Revised to fit the exact HTML format and correcting the minor errors as per the instructions:CSO. No. 274.
Aurighting 23-January 1878
To Military Secretary
From Colonial Secretary
To The Hon. J. Gardiner Austin, Comd.
Forward General's request that the Colonial Department may be instructed to change their present practice
Enclosure No. 2 in Governor Kennedy's Despatch No.171 of 7th September 1876
Copy Private 13120
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 26th April, 1875.
My dear Colonel,
With reference to the General's request that correspondence on Military matters should all pass through your office, is it intended to be taken as applying to purely financial matters?
Hitherto in all matters when the Controller is acting as the duly authorized Agent of the Treasury, he has been in direct communication with the local Government. We assume that this is the correct practice, but in order to prevent
The final version, with all corrections and in the required HTML format:CSO. No. 274.
Aurighting 23-January 1878
To Military Secretary
From Colonial Secretary
To The Hon. J. Gardiner Austin, Comd.
Comerford even on Military matters requesting that the Colonial Departments may be instructed to change their present practice
Enclosure No. 2 in Governor Kennedy's Despatch No.171 of 7th September 1876
Copy Private 13120
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 26th April, 1875.
My dear Colonel,
With reference to the General's request that correspondence on Military matters should all pass through your office, is it intended to be taken as applying to purely financial matters?
Hitherto in all matters when the Controller is acting as the ... authorized Agent of the Treasury, he has been in direct communication with the local Government. We assume that this is the correct practice, but in order to prevent
Let's simplify to the exact required output without extra line breaks:CSO. No. 274.
Aurighting 23-January 1878
To Military Secretary
From Colonial Secretary
To The Hon. J. Gardiner Austin, Comd.
Forward General's request that the Colonial Department may be instructed to change their present practice
Enclosure No. 2 in Governor Kennedy's Despatch No.171 of 7th September 1876
Copy Private 13120
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 26th April, 1875.
My dear Colonel,
With reference to the General's request that correspondence on Military matters should all pass through your office, is it intended to be taken as applying to purely financial matters?
Hitherto in all matters when the Controller is acting as the ... authorized Agent of the Treasury, he has been in direct communication with the local Government. We assume that this is the correct practice, but in order to prevent