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In continuation of Communications on this subject should be addressed to-
The Under Secretary of State, Colonial Office, London, S.W., and the following number quoted.
29419 Secret
Downing Street, October 1899
26-10.99
Sir,
I am directed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies to transmit to you, to be laid before the Marquess of Lansdowne with reference to the letter from the War department of the 7th instant a paraphrase, as subjoined in the schedule, on the subject of the Defences of Amoy which has with the concurrence of the Marquess of Salisbury been forwarded to the Governor of Hongkong.
War Office
Date. 26 Oct 1899
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
EDWARD WINGFIELD.
Description.
Defences of Amoy.
However, to follow the exact format requested (HTML usingfor paragraphs), and to correct minor errors and improve readability while adhering to the rules:
Draft In Macnaghten 27/10
In continuation of Communications on this subject should be addressed to-
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office,
London, S.W.,
and the following number quoted.
29419 Secret
Downing Street,
October 1899
26-10.99
Sir,
I am directed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies to transmit to you, to be laid before the Marquess of Lansdowne with reference to the letter from the War department of the 7th instant a paraphrase, as subjoined in the schedule, on the subject of the Defences of Amoy which has with the concurrence of the Marquess of Salisbury been forwarded to the Governor of Hongkong.
War Office
Date. 26 Oct 1899
Jam, Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
EDWARD WINGFIELD.
Description.
Defences of Amoy.
Let's correct "Lavy dowenie" to "Lansdowne", "W.. department" to "War department", "Tile pracu" seems to be an OCR error but is not clearly correctable without context, "Ho-papore-nated-in-the-" is not clear but "as subjoined in the schedule" seems to be the intended meaning, "concurreact" to "concurrence", "gour" to "Governor", "0.5ofs" is not clear and seems to be an OCR error or unrelated text, "Lang Kong" to "Hongkong" (though "Hong Kong" is more modern usage), and "Suw tamilton" is not clear. The corrected version is as above. Given the original request for HTML output and adhering strictly to the rules and the original text as much as possible:Draft In Macnaghten 27/10
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Communications on this subject should be addressed to-
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office,
London, S.W.,
and the following number quoted.
29419 Secret
Suw tamilton
70
Lang Kong
79419 199
627
Downing Street,
October 1899
26-10.99
Sir,
I am directed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies to transmit to you, to be laid before
Lavy dowenie
the Marquess of
with reference to the letter from the W.. department of the 7th instant a paraphrase,
Tile pracu
as subjoined in the schedule, on the subject of the Defences of Amoy which has with the concurreact of the Marquess of Salisbury been forwarded to the gour of Hongkong
0.5ofs
War Office
Date. 26 Oct 1899
Jam, Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
EDWARD WINGFIELD.
Description.
Defences of Amoy.
However, my first corrected version is more readable and follows the rules for correction. For strict adherence to the original and the rules without making the text more readable:Draft In Macnaghten 27/10
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Communications on this subject should
be addressed to-
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office,
Loudon, S.W.,
and the following number quoted.
29419 Secret
Suw tamilton
70
Lang Kong
79419 199
627
Downing Street,
October 1899
26-10.99
Sir,
I am directed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies to
transmit to you, to be laid before
Lavy dowenie
the
Marquess of
with reference to the letter from the W.. department
of the 7th instant a paraphran of
Tile pracu
a, Ho-papore-nated-in-the-
subjoined schedule, on the subject of the Defences of Anny which
has with the
concurreact
of
the marquess of
Salisbury been forwarded to the gour of Hongkong
0.5ofs
War Office
Date.
2600:1899
Jam,
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
EDWARD WINGFIELD.
Description.
Defences of amoy.