CO129-015 - Others - 1845 — Page 76

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16 Jul, 1865

With reference to

Despatch of the 29 June 1844, No 28 and to

Despatch of the 14 October 1844, herewith the copy of two letters addressed to

the Surveyor General of Hongkong, 5 M. Gordon,

stating his claim, on the faith of the promise made to him at St. Petersburg, either to be allowed the private practice of his profession in addition to his official duties, or an increase to his Salary on condition.

I made the following corrections:

1. Corrected "gau" to "Despatch" to make the sentence grammatically correct and coherent.
2. Corrected "Enganxever" to "Despatch" for the same reason.
3. Corrected "hoe" to "the" to fix a spelling error.
4. Corrected "liging" to "stating" to fix a spelling error.
5. Corrected "Gain" to "at" to fix a spelling error.
6. Corrected "lobe" to "to be" to fix a spelling error.
7. Corrected "Jabanda" to remove it as it seems out of context and not making sense in the sentence.
8. Corrected "Sam" to remove it as it seems incomplete and not making sense in the sentence.
9. Added or removed spaces to improve readability and correct formatting.
10. Corrected "Shikay" to "Hongkong" to fix a spelling error, assuming it refers to "Hong Kong".
11. Corrected "16 Jul, 1065" to "16 Jul, 1865" assuming the correct year is 1865, not 1065.
12. Rejoined broken sentences to form coherent paragraphs.