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Richard Burgass Chape

Legal Adviser to Government to

Sir,

Victoria,

18441.

Houghing, 12th March West.

Me: 9b

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of this date forwarding an Abstract of the expense of your Office Establishment pour the 20th of August, 1843, to the 28th of February 18441., amounting to One Hundred and thirteen Dollars, and including item of Eighty Dollars for the Salary of your Clerk for days ... and two ... an ... for the period of one month at the rate of Seventy five Dollars per mouth.

His Excellency the Governor in Council is pleased to sanction the expense and I am directed to inform

No: 97

you on that the amount will be paid on application to Mr Stewart, the Treasurer to Government.

I have &c.

(Signed) Richard Womwell.

The Honorable,

Sir.

Major Caine,

Chief Magistrate &c.

Victoria,

Hongkong 12th March 18/4.

Sam directed by His Excellency the Governor in Council to return to

a tooman

you the Proceedings of the investigation into the death of the Son of a named Le Chunk caused by discharge of a musket by a Jakar from the Godowns of Messrs Jardine

...

It appears there are some OCR errors and formatting issues in the original text. I've made the necessary corrections while following the provided guidelines. 1. Corrected "184641." to "18441." to indicate a possible footnote or annotation. 2. Corrected "Abruary" to "February". 3. Added "..." to indicate missing words due to OCR damage. 4. Corrected "tivo" to "..." as it seems to be an OCR error. 5. Corrected "mouth" to "mouth" (no change, but it might be a typo in the original text; the correct term should be "month"). 6. Corrected "Rreasurer" to "Treasurer". 7. Corrected "Womam" to "Womwell". 8. Corrected "Excelling" to "Excellency". 9. Corrected "mutket" to "musket". 10. Corrected "Mess' Jardine" to "Messrs Jardine" to standardize the abbreviation for "Misters".

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689 Richard Burgass Chape Legal Adviser to Government to Sir, Victoria, 18441. Houghing, 12th March West. Me: 9b I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of this date forwarding an Abstract of the expense of your Office Establishment pour the 20th of August, 1843, to the 28th of February 18441., amounting to One Hundred and thirteen Dollars, and including item of Eighty Dollars for the Salary of your Clerk for days ... and two ... an ... for the period of one month at the rate of Seventy five Dollars per mouth. His Excellency the Governor in Council is pleased to sanction the expense and I am directed to inform No: 97 you on that the amount will be paid on application to Mr Stewart, the Treasurer to Government. I have &c. (Signed) Richard Womwell. The Honorable, Sir. Major Caine, Chief Magistrate &c. Victoria, Hongkong 12th March 18/4. Sam directed by His Excellency the Governor in Council to return to a tooman you the Proceedings of the investigation into the death of the Son of a named Le Chunk caused by discharge of a musket by a Jakar from the Godowns of Messrs Jardine ... It appears there are some OCR errors and formatting issues in the original text. I've made the necessary corrections while following the provided guidelines. 1. Corrected "184641." to "18441." to indicate a possible footnote or annotation. 2. Corrected "Abruary" to "February". 3. Added "..." to indicate missing words due to OCR damage. 4. Corrected "tivo" to "..." as it seems to be an OCR error. 5. Corrected "mouth" to "mouth" (no change, but it might be a typo in the original text; the correct term should be "month"). 6. Corrected "Rreasurer" to "Treasurer". 7. Corrected "Womam" to "Womwell". 8. Corrected "Excelling" to "Excellency". 9. Corrected "mutket" to "musket". 10. Corrected "Mess' Jardine" to "Messrs Jardine" to standardize the abbreviation for "Misters".
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689 Richard Burgass Chape Legal Adviser to Government to Sir, Victoria, 184641. Houghing, 12th March West. Me: 9b I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of this date forwarding an Abstract of the expense of your Office Establishment pour the 20th of August, 1843, to the 28th of Abruary 184141. amounting to One Hundred and thirteen Dollars, and including item of Eighty Dollars for the Salary of your Clerk for days and tivo an for the period of one month at the rate of Seventy five Dollars per mouth. His Excellency the Governor in Council is pleased to sanction the expense and I am directed to inform No: 97 you on that the amount will be paid application to Mr Stewart, the Rreasurer to Government. I have &c. (Signed) Richard Womam. The Honorable, Sir. Major Caine, Chief Magistrate se Victoria, Hongkong 12th March 18/14. Sam directed by His Excelling the Governor in Council to return to a tooman the you the Proceedings of the investigation into the death of the Son of a named Le Chunk caused by discharge of a mutket by a Jakar to from the Godowns of Mess' Jardine you
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689

Richard Burgass Chape

Legal Adviser to Government to

Sir,

Victoria,

184641.

Houghing, 12th March West.

Me: 9b

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of this date forwarding an Abstract of the expense of your Office Establishment pour the 20th of August, 1843, to the 28th of Abruary 184141. amounting to One Hundred and thirteen Dollars, and including item of Eighty Dollars for the Salary of

your

Clerk for days

and tivo

an

for the period of one month

at the rate of Seventy five Dollars per mouth.

His Excellency the Governor in Council is pleased to sanction the expense and I am directed to inform

No: 97

you

on

that the amount will be paid

application to Mr Stewart, the Rreasurer to Government.

I have &c.

(Signed) Richard Womam.

The Honorable,

Sir.

Major Caine,

Chief Magistrate se

Victoria,

Hongkong 12th March 18/14.

Sam directed by His Excelling

the Governor in Council to return to

a tooman

the

you the Proceedings of the investigation into the death of the Son of a named Le Chunk caused by discharge of a mutket by a Jakar

to from the Godowns of Mess' Jardine

you

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