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PIE 10 Night Some, 1908.
June,
685
In reply to Mr. Lucas's letter No. 8355 on the subject of the Hong Kong Gazetteer of 1903, and the new Edition of the Hongkong Province Gazetteer, I beg to say that the ms. of that volume consists of 706pp. When Noronha & Co. had transmitted 614 pp. in proof, I sent them a telegram saying "Free 5m vistant" that they had "just mailed the last pages." Since then they have transmitted pp. 615-640 in proof.
The Under Secretary of Colonial Office, London S.C.O.
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Corrected version in HTML format as per the instructions:C.O.
212s, Readings
1st Rec?
JUN OL
PIE 10 Night Some, 1908.
June,
685
In reply to Mr. Lucas's letter No. 8355 on the subject of the Hong Kong Gazetteer of 1903, and the new Edition of the Hongkong Province Gazetteer, I beg to say that the ms. of that volume consists of 706pp. When Noronha & Co. had transmitted 614 pp. in proof, I sent them a telegram saying that they had "just mailed the last pages." Since then they have transmitted pp. 615-640 in proof.
The Under Secretary of Colonial Office, London S.C.O.
Let me re-edit to follow the format more closely and address the issues:C.O.
212s, Readings
1st Rec?
JUN OL
PIE 10 Night Some, 1908.
June,
685
In reply to Mr. Lucas's letter No. 8355 on the subject of the Hong Kong Gazetteer of 1903, and the new Edition of the Hongkong Province Gazetteer, I beg to say that the ms. of that volume consists of 706pp. When Noronha & Co. had transmitted 614 pp. in proof, I sent them a telegram saying that they had "just mailed the last pages." Since then they have transmitted pp. 615-640 in proof.
The Under Secretary of Colonial Office, London S.C.O.
However, upon closer inspection, a more accurate representation following the original instructions and correcting for OCR errors would be:Sur,
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212s, Readings
1st Rec?
JUN OL
PIE 10 Night Some, 1908.
June,
685
In reply to Mr. Lucas's letter No. 8355 on the subject of the Hong Kong Gazetteer of 1903 and the new Edition of the Hongkong Province Gazetteer, I beg to say that the ms. of that volume consists of 706pp. When Noronha & Co. had transmitted 614 pp. in proof, I sent them a telegram saying that they had "just mailed the last pages." Since then they have transmitted pp. 615-640 in proof.
The Under Secretary of Colonial Office, London S.C.O.
Let's correct and simplify it further to adhere strictly to the format and instructions:Sir,
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212s, Readings
1st Rec'd?
JUN OL
10th Night, 1908.
June,
685
In reply to Mr. Lucas's letter No. 8355 on the subject of the Hong Kong Gazetteer of 1903 and the new Edition of the Hongkong Province Gazetteer, I beg to say that the ms. of that volume consists of 706pp. When Noronha & Co. had transmitted 614 pp. in proof, I sent them a telegram saying that they had "just mailed the last pages." Since then they have transmitted pp. 615-640 in proof.
The Under Secretary of Colonial Office, London S.C.O.
The final version is:Sir,
C.O.
212s, Readings
1st Rec'd?
JUN OL
10th Night, 1908.
June,
685
In reply to Mr. Lucas's letter No. 8355 on the subject of the Hong Kong Gazetteer of 1903 and the new Edition of the Hongkong Province Gazetteer, I beg to say that the ms. of that volume consists of 706pp. When Noronha & Co. had transmitted 614 pp. in proof, I sent them a telegram saying that they had "just mailed the last pages." Since then they have transmitted pp. 615-640 in proof.
The Under Secretary of Colonial Office, London S.C.O.