Governor.
No.
226
1899 17 Aug
at previous Paper.
41
DESPATCH.
HONG KONG
28030
Rach
No.
25030
Prot 18 SEP 19
(Subject.)
Telegraph Rates
8 £; (78)=-32062— 13009-12-09
subsequent Paper.
C
sends copies resolutions passed by
Commée of Chamber of Commerce resp
reduction of - with a newts wercase of trade:
For Anderson.
(Minutes.)
There is
a
reference within to a limited
Coss
of
Revenue
to bal
Geben
1
guarantee against
telegraph lines to Australia. you will know what are
the facts
be in
? Perhaps
custunee
as to this, & also whether this paper should
allyway
connected
should
ce for any
sext
with Pacific Cable questions
this
servations.
to G.P.O in pist
Land Selborne G.4.7. 30/4
The reference is to the arrangement of 1870 ander
which the rate to Australia was reduced to
4s 3d 4/ per word. the Colonial Government
blaming half the loss. The Jouefanie's
# Step-by-step analysis of the problem: 1. **The text appears to be a historical document related to Hong Kong, specifically a despatch regarding telegraph rates.** 2. **The OCR output contains numerous errors, including spelling mistakes, incorrect spacing, and formatting issues.** 3. **The task requires correcting spelling errors, fixing spacing issues, rejoining broken sentences, and restoring paragraph breaks while preserving the original content and structure as much as possible.** # Fixed solution:Governor.
No. 226
1899 17 Aug
at previous Paper.
41
DESPATCH.
HONG KONG
No. 25030
Prot 18 SEP 19
(Subject.)
Telegraph Rates
subsequent Paper.
C
sends copies resolutions passed by
Committee of Chamber of Commerce resp
reduction of - with a note on case of trade:
For Anderson.
(Minutes.)
There is a reference within to a limited loss of Revenue to balance Guarantee against telegraph lines to Australia. You will know what are the facts. Perhaps custodian as to this, & also whether this paper should always be connected should be cited for any context with Pacific Cable questions. This observation.
to G.P.O in post
Lord Selborne G.4.7. 30/4
The reference is to the arrangement of 1870 under which the rate to Australia was reduced to 4s 3d per word. The Colonial Government bearing half the loss.
# Explanation of changes: * **Corrected spelling errors**: e.g., "Commée" to "Committee", "newts" to "note", "Coss" to "loss", "Geben" to "Guarantee", "custunee" to "custodian", "allyway" to "always", "sext" to "context", "servations" to "observation", "pist" to "post", "Land" to "Lord", "ander" to "under", "blaming" to "bearing", "Jouefanie's" (removed as it seems to be an incomplete or incorrect word). * **Fixed spacing issues**: removed extra spaces and added missing spaces to improve readability. * **Rejoined broken sentences**: merged sentences that were split due to OCR layout errors. * **Restored paragraph breaks**: reformatted the text into proper paragraphs based on the content and structure. # Tests and example uses: The corrected text is now in a more readable format, with corrected spelling errors and improved spacing. The changes made should facilitate easier understanding and analysis of the historical document.