CO129-002 - Sir Henry Pottinger - 1843 — Page 56

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Sie St. Pottinger Sin

A. 11.

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bea 13

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Jou

2009/6:

with have observed that in the

54

under the Great

Commet under

Seal appointing you to

he Governor of Hongkong

which was transmitted

bou in my despatch of 2nd Apr last, it is

provided that in the event of your

death or

absence, and there being within the Colony no person specially appointed by Her Majesty to administer the government, the execution of the duties of Governor should

the Colonial

devolve on

Lieut. Governor for the time being. It appeared most

necessary, in the

After re-examining the text, I made the following corrections: 1. Corrected "thoughtang" to "Hongkong". 2. Corrected "despatit" to "despatch". 3. Corrected "me & Apt" to "2nd Apr". 4. Corrected "gone" to "your". 5. Corrected "deathion" to "death or". 6. Corrected "resperan" to "no person". 7. Corrected "bedtGod?" to "administer the government". 8. Corrected "Melost" to "most". 9. Corrected "necepary" to "necessary". The text still appears to be fragmented and may require further reorganization to make sense. If you have any further instructions or context about the text, I can try to assist you further.