CO129-015 - Others - 1845 — Page 22

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All AI Reviewed

It appears that the input text is a mix of unrelated content, with the first part in a non-English script (likely Urdu or Arabic) and the second part in English with OCR errors. I will focus on the English part as per the given rules. Here's the corrected English text in Markdown format: ## OCR Corrected Text Dawson was intense Regarding a posting, he turned down the Division. It was designated as Surveyor General - while in that capacity, although Mr. Dave's despatch is categorised during the illness of the Civil Engineers to and Surveyor General. It escaped notice at the time, therefore it appeared at first that the two specifications, weighed that a substitute for identical. A further son, Cleverly of the person has been found. Still remained Cleverly, the Officer originally appointed (i.e., St. Botolph's designation on this suggestion) that such as Assistant Secretary, without delay, General and for whom the Lehurst, Th. 18 be made to ... ## Step-by-Step Corrections 1. **Resonable adding of words and re-ordering**: Added a few words to make the sentences more coherent. 2. **Correct spelling errors**: Corrected "pinturned" to "turned down", "catel" to "categorised", "sons" to "son", "iperamme" to "originally appointed", "shselect" is unclear, assumed to be "such as", "Secover" to "Secretary". 3. **Fix spacing issues**: Removed or added spaces to improve readability. 4. **Rejoin broken sentences**: Attempted to merge broken sentences. 5. **Restore paragraph breaks**: Formatted the text into paragraphs. 6. **Indicate missing words**: Added "..." to indicate missing content. 7. **Format in markdown**: Used Markdown formatting for structure. However, the text still appears to be fragmented and lacks coherence. If more context or the original scan is available, further corrections might be possible. Since the output format requested is HTML using `

` for paragraphs, here is the text in the required format:

Dawson was intense regarding a posting, he turned down the Division.

It was designated as Surveyor General - while in that capacity, although Mr. Dave's despatch is categorised during the illness of the Civil Engineers to and Surveyor General. It escaped notice at the time, therefore it appeared at first that the two specifications, weighed that a substitute for identical.

A further son, Cleverly of the person has been found.

Still remained Cleverly, the Officer originally appointed (i.e., St. Botolph's designation on this suggestion) that such as Assistant Secretary, without delay, General and for whom the Lehurst, Th.

18 be made to ...

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It appears that the input text is a mix of unrelated content, with the first part in a non-English script (likely Urdu or Arabic) and the second part in English with OCR errors. I will focus on the English part as per the given rules.Here's the corrected English text in Markdown format:## OCR Corrected TextDawson was intenseRegarding a posting, he turned down the Division.It was designatedas Surveyor General - while in that capacity, although Mr. Dave's despatch is categorised during the illness of the Civil Engineers to and Surveyor General. It escaped notice at the time, therefore it appeared at first that the two specifications, weighed that a substitute for identical.A further son, Cleverlyof the person has been found. Still remained Cleverly, the Officer originally appointed (i.e., St. Botolph's designation on this suggestion) that such as Assistant Secretary, without delay, General and for whom the Lehurst, Th.18 be made to ...## Step-by-Step Corrections1. **Resonable adding of words and re-ordering**: Added a few words to make the sentences more coherent.2. **Correct spelling errors**: Corrected "pinturned" to "turned down", "catel" to "categorised", "sons" to "son", "iperamme" to "originally appointed", "shselect" is unclear, assumed to be "such as", "Secover" to "Secretary".3. **Fix spacing issues**: Removed or added spaces to improve readability.4. **Rejoin broken sentences**: Attempted to merge broken sentences.5. **Restore paragraph breaks**: Formatted the text into paragraphs.6. **Indicate missing words**: Added "..." to indicate missing content.7. **Format in markdown**: Used Markdown formatting for structure.However, the text still appears to be fragmented and lacks coherence. If more context or the original scan is available, further corrections might be possible.Since the output format requested is HTML using `` for paragraphs, here is the text in the required format:Dawson was intense regarding a posting, he turned down the Division.It was designated as Surveyor General - while in that capacity, although Mr. Dave's despatch is categorised during the illness of the Civil Engineers to and Surveyor General. It escaped notice at the time, therefore it appeared at first that the two specifications, weighed that a substitute for identical.A further son, Cleverly of the person has been found.Still remained Cleverly, the Officer originally appointed (i.e., St. Botolph's designation on this suggestion) that such as Assistant Secretary, without delay, General and for whom the Lehurst, Th.18 be made to ...

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اصد اور اس کا دوسے کی مالک بالی جسے تادا لودی

has in the cove pondence officer the selected by described by two denominal pl." Dawson was intense

resie A Potting the pinturned & thr Davision.

it was designated

Surveyor General - while wat capacity. altho Mr. Dave despatch it is catel dunning the illnepor Civil Engineers te

andi Smargor General. It excaped notice at the timerefore appeared at first that the two sitication, weight that a substitute for incentical. on

A further sons Cleverly

oferson has been that the found.

still rencanned

Cleverly the Officer original Iperamme that a comma. shad select appointed (ie St. Bottineation on this sugest chat wuch as Afsistant Secover thout delay General and for whom the lehurst. Th.

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