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271
Sir,
[addressee's name not provided, likely "The Honorable F. W. A. Bruce, Colonial Secretary"]
Victoria,
8th April, 1845.

I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of yesterday's date and in reply I beg respectfully to represent to you for the information of His Excellency the Governor, that on the receipt of your letter of the 27th ultimo I at once saw that I could not, in justice to myself or the Public, encourage the Office Officer in this felony with that promptitude and energy which is so necessary on all occasions, and moreover I should sustain very heavy loss in not being able to follow my general business.

It also occurred to me that His Excellency the Governor could not be acquainted with the various duties incidental

The Honorable,
F. W. A. Bruce,
Colonial Secretary.

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271

Sir,

Victoria,

8th April, 1845.

It also occurred to me that His Excellency the Governor could not be acquainted with the various duties incidental

The Honorable,
F. W. A. Bruce,
Colonial Secretary.

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271
Sir,
Victoria,
8th April, 1845.

It also occurred to me that His Excellency the Governor could not be acquainted with the various duties incidental

The Honorable,
F. W. A. Bruce,
Colonial Secretary.

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271 Sir, [addressee's name not provided, likely "The Honorable F. W. A. Bruce, Colonial Secretary"] Victoria, 8th April, 1845. I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of yesterday's date and in reply I beg respectfully to represent to you for the information of His Excellency the Governor, that on the receipt of your letter of the 27th ultimo I at once saw that I could not, in justice to myself or the Public, encourage the Office Officer in this felony with that promptitude and energy which is so necessary on all occasions, and moreover I should sustain very heavy loss in not being able to follow my general business. It also occurred to me that His Excellency the Governor could not be acquainted with the various duties incidental The Honorable, F. W. A. Bruce, Colonial Secretary. has been repositioned for better readability and the OCR errors have been corrected as per the instructions. Here is the corrected version in HTML format as requested: 271 Sir, Victoria, 8th April, 1845. I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of yesterday's date and in reply I beg respectfully to represent to you for the information of His Excellency the Governor, that on the receipt of your letter of the 27th ultimo I at once saw that I could not, in justice to myself or the Public, encourage the Office Officer in this felony with that promptitude and energy which is so necessary on all occasions, and moreover I should sustain very heavy loss in not being able to follow my general business. It also occurred to me that His Excellency the Governor could not be acquainted with the various duties incidental The Honorable,F. W. A. Bruce,Colonial Secretary. However, to follow the exact output format requested, I will revise it to: 271Sir,Victoria,8th April, 1845. I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of yesterday's date and in reply I beg respectfully to represent to you for the information of His Excellency the Governor, that on the receipt of your letter of the 27th ultimo I at once saw that I could not, in justice to myself or the Public, encourage the Office Officer in this felony with that promptitude and energy which is so necessary on all occasions, and moreover I should sustain very heavy loss in not being able to follow my general business. It also occurred to me that His Excellency the Governor could not be acquainted with the various duties incidental The Honorable,F. W. A. Bruce,Colonial Secretary.

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: 271 Sir, of your Nietoria, 8th April, 1845. I beg to acknowledge to acknowledge the recsipt letter of yesterday's date and in reply I beg respectfully to represent to you for the information of His Excellency the Governor. that on the receipt of your letter of the 27th- ultime I at once saw that I could not in justice to myself or the Public. encoute the Office offeroner in this felony with. that promptitude and energy which is so necessary on all occasions, and moreover - Ishould- sustain - – very heavy lose in not being able to follow my general business - It also recurred to me that His Kneellency the Governor. could not be acquainted with the various duties The Honorable, F. W. A. Bruce-, folonial Secretary. incidental 2

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271

Sir,

of your

Nietoria,

8th April, 1845.

I beg to acknowledge

to acknowledge the recsipt

letter of yesterday's date and in reply I beg respectfully to represent to you

for the information of His Excellency the Governor. that on the receipt of your

letter of the 27th-

ultime I at once saw that I could not in

justice to myself or the Public. encoute the

Office offeroner in this felony with. that

promptitude and energy

which is so necessary

on all occasions, and moreover - Ishould-

sustain

–

very heavy lose in not being able to follow my general business - It also recurred to me that His Kneellency the Governor.

could

not be acquainted with the various duties

The Honorable,

F. W. A. Bruce-,

folonial Secretary.

incidental

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