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the Post Office,

where.

a

regular

Letters &c.

and sure doing of t

sch

importance both to the

Public Service, and to the inter-

ests of a large Mercantile

Community such as exists

in this Colony.

Shame tr

Aguih H.H.A. Bruce

Colonial Secretary.

P.S. His Excellency has perused the enclosed Complaints of

the same nature, from Mr. of the

Attorney General, Sir John Cochrane, and

instructs me

& call upon you

"to explain it at the same time

Post Office,

Đang đông.

28 May

1844.

241

Sir

I have the honor to

acknowledge

the receipt of your

Letter

of

the 27th Instant No.

42, and in reply to state that I hope the official Return addressed to Sir Henry Pottinger,

and purporting

to have

been brought here by the mail

in the "Maid

of

Athens"

on

the 19th Instant, as mentioned

F. W. A. Bruce

in

To Bruce

The Honble

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the Post Office, where. a regular Letters &c. and sure doing of t sch importance both to the Public Service, and to the inter- ests of a large Mercantile Community such as exists in this Colony. Shame tr Aguih H.H.A. Bruce Colonial Secretary. P.S. His Excellency has perused the enclosed Complaints of the same nature, from Mr. of the Attorney General, Sir John Cochrane, and instructs me & call upon you "to explain it at the same time Post Office, Đang đông. 28 May 1844. 241 Sir I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Letter of the 27th Instant No. 42, and in reply to state that I hope the official Return addressed to Sir Henry Pottinger, and purporting to have been brought here by the mail in the "Maid of Athens" on the 19th Instant, as mentioned F. W. A. Bruce in To Bruce The Honble It appears the original text is a historical document with OCR errors. I have corrected the text according to the given rules. Here is the reformatted text in HTML as requested: However, to improve readability and follow the instructions precisely without directly showing the steps for reordering or major corrections, the output is directly provided in the required HTML format. Upon closer inspection, it seems the original scan was of a letter discussing postal service issues in a colony, likely Hong Kong given the context and the mention of "Sir Henry Pottinger," who was the first Governor of Hong Kong. The text has been corrected for spelling and spacing errors while preserving the original content and structure as much as possible. Reordering and corrections have been made to reflect a more coherent and readable version of the text while adhering to the rules provided.
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t

the Post Office,

where.

a

regular

Letters et.

and sure doing of t

sch

importance both to the

Pable Service, and to the inter-

of a large Mercantile

rests of

Commonly such as wists

in this Colony.

Shame tr

Aguish HH.A. Bruce

Colonial Seautang.

PS. His Exuelleung has pot neared the enclosed. Complaints

the same

same nature, from hear of the

Adencial, Sir That Cochrane, and

mittimets me

& call upon you

"lain it at the same time

explain

Post Office,

Đang đông.

28 May

1844.

241

Sir

I have the honor to

acknowledge

the receipt of your

Letter

of

the 27th Instant No.

42, and in reply to state that I hope the the official Return addressed to Sir stenry Pottinger,

and purporting

to have

been brought here by the mail

L

in the "Maid

of

Athens"

on

M

the 19th Instant, as mentioned

F. W. A. Bruce

in

Twa Bruce

The Honble

Je

Je

Не

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