CONFIDENTIAL
Hongkong.
Gov 147464
One enclosure.
My Lord,
Government House,
Hongkong, 26th January, 1909.
With reference to Your Lordship's telegram of the 31st ultimo, I have now the honour to transmit a Draft Bill to provide for the proposed new Court of Appeal together with a report by the Attorney-General. I have referred the Bill to Sir Francis Piggott for his observations which I will forward to Your Lordship as soon as his reply is received.
I have the honour to be,
My Lord,
Your Lordship's most obedient,
humble servant,
Mugabe is likely "Lugard" as per historical context
Lugard
Governor, &c..
• 1300-A, & E, W.-20024/26-6,000—11-08.
RIGHT HONOURABLE
THE EARL OF CREW,
&c...
However, to follow the exact format required:CONFIDENTIAL
Hongkong.
Gov147464
One enclosure.
My Lord,
Government House,
Hongkong, 26th January, 1909.
With reference to Your Lordship's telegram of the 31st ultimo, I have now the honour to transmit a Draft Bill to provide for the proposed new Court of Appeal together with a report by the Attorney-General. I have referred the Bill to Sir Francis Piggott for his observations which I will forward to Your Lordship as soon as his reply is received.
I have the honour to be,
My Lord,
Your Lordship's most obedient,
humble servant,
Lugard
Governor, &c..
• 1300-A, & E, W.-20024/26-6,000—11-08.
RIGHT HONOURABLE
THE EARL OF CREW,
&c...
The initial part of the text seems unrelated to the main content and appears to be a draft or a note. The main content starts with "CONFIDENTIAL". I corrected "Mugar" to "Lugard" as it is likely the correct name based on historical context, and "ABL 5/3" and other initial parts were not included as they seemed unrelated to the formal letter that follows. Also, "Gov 147464" was corrected to "Gov147464" to follow the rule of no spacing in file references.