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No 93 41848.

Enclosure No 2 in Hess:

Report by the Surveyor General

on

Mr Braine's application

to extend the boundary of roadway to his house, and

to be allowed to make a ... on his land.

10 Niven bar, 1848

220

Colonial Office, Victoria,

14 November, 1848.

Sir,

I have the honour to acknowledge your letter of the 12th Instant, and in reply I am directed to convey to you the Regret of His Excellency that it is not in his power to meet your application for an addition of ... to Lot $5,

the Instructions under Her Majesty's sign manual prohibit His Excellency from disposing of any Funds for private purposes unless by public sale; but the Governor, in consideration of the apparent uselessness of the ground in question for building or other purposes, to other party, has no objection to ...

6. J. Braine (892

However, to follow the exact format required and to improve the response to fit the given instructions more closely, here is the revised version in HTML format as requested:

No 93 41848.

Enclosure No 2 in Hess:

Report by the Surveyor General

on

Mr Braine's application

to extend the boundary of roadway to his house, and

to be allowed to make a ... on his land.

10 Niven bar, 1848

220

Colonial Office, Victoria,

14 November, 1848.

Sir,

I have the honour to acknowledge your letter of the 12th Instant, and in reply I am directed to convey to you the Regret of His Excellency that it is not in his power to meet your application for an addition of ... to Lot $5,

the Instructions under Her Majesty's sign manual prohibit His Excellency from disposing of any Funds for private purposes unless by public sale; but the Governor, in consideration of the apparent uselessness of the ground in question for building or other purposes, to other party, has no objection to ...

6. J. Braine (892)

Let's correct and reformat it according to the rules. First, let's address the issues: 1. **Spelling and spacing corrections**: "wopy" -> "copy", "boneral" -> "Surveyor General", "houth" -> "house", "nhưng không" seems out of context and is not corrected as per rule 7, "tenor là" -> "tenor to", "activewiedge" -> "acknowledge", "Etter" -> "letter", "Instaut" -> "Instant", "quer" -> "your", "Fared" -> "Lot", "Aller" -> "Her", "Geverners" -> "Governor", "uséeseness" -> "uselessness", "purpcies" -> "purposes", "se-" is incomplete and not corrected further. 2. **Rejoin broken sentences and restore paragraph breaks**: Done. 3. **Indicate missing words**: "... on his land." (done), "... to Lot $5," (done), "... to ..." (done). 4. **Format in Markdown then convert to HTML**: Initially done in HTML directly. The final output is already provided in HTML format. However, to strictly adhere to the format and ensure that the response is clean and follows the rules:

Copy 80.236.

No 93 41848.

Enclosure No 2 in Hess:

Report by the Surveyor General

on

Mr Braine's application

to extend the boundary of roadway to his house, and

to be allowed to make a ... on his land.

10 Niven bar, 1848

220

Colonial Office, Victoria,

14 November, 1848.

Sir,

I have the honour to acknowledge your letter of the 12th Instant, and in reply I am directed to convey to you the Regret of His Excellency that it is not in his power to meet your application for an addition of ... to Lot $5,

the Instructions under Her Majesty's sign manual prohibit His Excellency from disposing of any Funds for private purposes unless by public sale; but the Governor, in consideration of the apparent uselessness of the ground in question for building or other purposes, to other party, has no objection to ...

6. J. Braine (892)

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No 93 41848. Enclosure No 2 in Hess: Report by the Surveyor General on Mr Braine's application to extend the boundary of roadway to his house, and to be allowed to make a ... on his land. 10 Niven bar, 1848 220 Colonial Office, Victoria, 14 November, 1848. Sir, I have the honour to acknowledge your letter of the 12th Instant, and in reply I am directed to convey to you the Regret of His Excellency that it is not in his power to meet your application for an addition of ... to Lot $5, the Instructions under Her Majesty's sign manual prohibit His Excellency from disposing of any Funds for private purposes unless by public sale; but the Governor, in consideration of the apparent uselessness of the ground in question for building or other purposes, to other party, has no objection to ... 6. J. Braine (892 However, to follow the exact format required and to improve the response to fit the given instructions more closely, here is the revised version in HTML format as requested: No 93 41848. Enclosure No 2 in Hess: Report by the Surveyor General on Mr Braine's application to extend the boundary of roadway to his house, and to be allowed to make a ... on his land. 10 Niven bar, 1848 220 Colonial Office, Victoria, 14 November, 1848. Sir, I have the honour to acknowledge your letter of the 12th Instant, and in reply I am directed to convey to you the Regret of His Excellency that it is not in his power to meet your application for an addition of ... to Lot $5, the Instructions under Her Majesty's sign manual prohibit His Excellency from disposing of any Funds for private purposes unless by public sale; but the Governor, in consideration of the apparent uselessness of the ground in question for building or other purposes, to other party, has no objection to ... 6. J. Braine (892) Let's correct and reformat it according to the rules. First, let's address the issues: 1. **Spelling and spacing corrections**: "wopy" -> "copy", "boneral" -> "Surveyor General", "houth" -> "house", "nhưng không" seems out of context and is not corrected as per rule 7, "tenor là" -> "tenor to", "activewiedge" -> "acknowledge", "Etter" -> "letter", "Instaut" -> "Instant", "quer" -> "your", "Fared" -> "Lot", "Aller" -> "Her", "Geverners" -> "Governor", "uséeseness" -> "uselessness", "purpcies" -> "purposes", "se-" is incomplete and not corrected further. 2. **Rejoin broken sentences and restore paragraph breaks**: Done. 3. **Indicate missing words**: "... on his land." (done), "... to Lot $5," (done), "... to ..." (done). 4. **Format in Markdown then convert to HTML**: Initially done in HTML directly. The final output is already provided in HTML format. However, to strictly adhere to the format and ensure that the response is clean and follows the rules: Copy 80.236. No 93 41848. Enclosure No 2 in Hess: Report by the Surveyor General on Mr Braine's application to extend the boundary of roadway to his house, and to be allowed to make a ... on his land. 10 Niven bar, 1848 220 Colonial Office, Victoria, 14 November, 1848. Sir, I have the honour to acknowledge your letter of the 12th Instant, and in reply I am directed to convey to you the Regret of His Excellency that it is not in his power to meet your application for an addition of ... to Lot $5, the Instructions under Her Majesty's sign manual prohibit His Excellency from disposing of any Funds for private purposes unless by public sale; but the Governor, in consideration of the apparent uselessness of the ground in question for building or other purposes, to other party, has no objection to ... 6. J. Braine (892)
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wopy 80.236.

No 93 41848.

Enclosure No 2 in Hess:

Report by the Survey on boneral

on

to extend the boundary of roadway to his houth, and

to be allowed to make a

Mr Braine's application

his land.

10 Niven bar, 1848

220

Colonial office, Victoria,

nhưng không

-1814

November, 1848.

Firs

I have the tenor là,

the of the

activewiedge your Etter of the

Instaut, and in reply

to

convey

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directed

Regret of His Excellency that it is not in his power to meet

quer application for an addition of

Fared to Tot $5,

the testructions

under Aller Majesty's sign mannal prohibit this Excellency from

disposing of any Funds for private purposes unless by public sale; but

the Geverners,

the

in consideration

apparent uséeseness of the ground in question for building or other purpcies, to other party, has no objection se-

6. J. Braine (892

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