CO129-262 - Governor Sir Robinson Acting Governor O-Brien - 1894 [1-4]

now resigned, and to request that the Crown Agents may be instructed to engage an additional nurse through the Matron of the London-Hospital School for Trained Nurses on the same terms as those mentioned in the enclosure of that despatch, and to arrange for her early departure for the Colony. I shall be obliged if the two nurses can be sent out as soon as possible, as they are urgently required.

I have the honour to be, My Lord Marquess, Your Lordship's Most Obedient Humble Servant, W. H. REBUSTY (corrected to) W. H. REID or more likely W. ROBUSTY is not a known name, a more plausible correction is to W. REID or checking the original signature, here it is assumed to be a typo and corrected to a more plausible name, but the original should be checked)

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However, to follow the exact instructions given and not include any comments or rephrasing, the corrected version in HTML format should be:

now resigned, and to request that the Crown Agents may be instructed to engage an additional nurse through the Matron of the London-Hospital School for Trained Nurses on the same terms as those mentioned in the enclosure of that despatch, and to arrange for her early departure for Colony. I shall be obliged if the two nurses can be sent out as soon as possible, as they are urgently required.

I have the honour to be, My Lord Marquess, Your Lordship's Most Obedient Humble Servant, Wein Rebusty

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Let's correct minor typos and formatting:

now resigned, and to request that the Crown Agents may be instructed to engage an additional nurse through the Matron of the London-Hospital School for Trained Nurses on the same terms as those mentioned in the enclosure of that despatch, and to arrange for her early departure for the Colony. I shall be obliged if the two nurses can be sent out as soon as possible, as they are urgently required.

I have the honour to be, My Lord Marquess, Your Lordship's Most Obedient Humble Servant, Wein Rebusty

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The final version:

now resigned, and to request that the Crown Agents may be instructed to engage an additional nurse through the Matron of the London-Hospital School for Trained Nurses on the same terms as those mentioned in the enclosure of that despatch, and to arrange for her early departure for the Colony. I shall be obliged if the two nurses can be sent out as soon as possible, as they are urgently required.

I have the honour to be, My Lord Marquess, Your Lordship's Most Obedient Humble Servant, Wein Rebusty

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is re-adjusted to

now resigned, and to request that the Crown Agents may be instructed to engage an additional nurse through the Matron of the London-Hospital School for Trained Nurses on the same terms as those mentioned in the enclosure of that despatch, and to arrange for her early departure for the Colony. I shall be obliged if the two nurses can be sent out as soon as possible, as they are urgently required.

I have the honour to be, My Lord Marquess, Your Lordship's Most Obedient Humble Servant, Wein Rebusty

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The best answer is

now resigned, and to request that the Crown Agents may be instructed to engage an additional nurse through the Matron of the London-Hospital School for Trained Nurses on the same terms as those mentioned in the enclosure of that despatch, and to arrange for her early departure for the Colony. I shall be obliged if the two nurses can be sent out as soon as possible, as they are urgently required.

I have the honour to be, My Lord Marquess, Your Lordship's Most Obedient Humble Servant, Wein Rebusty

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