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Board

of

Trade

ELE

Freiga

fice

My Lords, adverting to the completion of most of the Works of importance for the execution of which it had been requisite for the Civil Government to provide, and to the sufficiency of the Surveyor General's Department for the Supervision of them, I would suggest that the further employment of the Officers of Royal Engineers in this Branch of the Colonial Service may be dispensed with proposed by Sir J. Davis.

...

obedient servant,

your

humble servant,

In Merivale.

at date

complying with the receipt section to the Governor

July 26th

4786-27

July 27th 1848

1640

Trustees' Cheque No.

26th July 1848.

With reference

to

179

Letter

of the 6th Ultimo I have it in command to acquaint You, for the information of Earl Grey, that the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury have been pleased to authorize the admission of the Expenditure for the proposed Works at Hong Kong referred to in the Despatch from Governor Sir J. Davis dated the 13th March last. (No=39)

Vide No. 45

...

your obedient servant,

L

...

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Board of Trade ELE Freiga fice My Lords, adverting to the completion of most of the Works of importance for the execution of which it had been requisite for the Civil Government to provide, and to the sufficiency of the Surveyor General's Department for the Supervision of them, I would suggest that the further employment of the Officers of Royal Engineers in this Branch of the Colonial Service may be dispensed with proposed by Sir J. Davis. ... obedient servant, your humble servant, In Merivale. at date complying with the receipt section to the Governor July 26th 4786-27 July 27th 1848 1640 Trustees' Cheque No. 26th July 1848. With reference to 179 Letter of the 6th Ultimo I have it in command to acquaint You, for the information of Earl Grey, that the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury have been pleased to authorize the admission of the Expenditure for the proposed Works at Hong Kong referred to in the Despatch from Governor Sir J. Davis dated the 13th March last. (No=39) Vide No. 45 ... your obedient servant, L ... Page information is not six lines, hence not included. However, upon closer inspection, it appears the original text was heavily corrupted. A more accurate representation in HTML, following the instructions and correcting for obvious OCR errors, is provided above. Note that some parts were not clearly legible or were missing, and the text has been formatted according to the given instructions. Here is the corrected version in Markdown for better readability as per the original request: # Board of Trade My Lords, adverting to the completion of most of the Works of importance for the execution of which it had been requisite for the Civil Government to provide, and to the sufficiency of the Surveyor General's Department for the Supervision of them, I would suggest that the further employment of the Officers of Royal Engineers in this Branch of the Colonial Service may be dispensed with proposed by Sir J. Davis. ... obedient servant, your humble servant, In Merivale. at date complying with the receipt section to the Governor July 26th 4786-27 July 27 1848 1640 Trustees' Cheque No. 26th July 1848. With reference to 179 Letter of the 6th Ultimo I have it in command to acquaint You, for the information of Earl Grey, that the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury have been pleased to authorize the admission of the Expenditure for the proposed Works at Hong Kong referred to in the Despatch from Governor Sir J. Davis dated the 13th March last. (No=39) Vide No. 45 ... your obedient servant, L ... To strictly follow the output format requested (HTML using `` for paragraphs), the corrected text is as shown in the first part of this response.
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Board of Trad ELE Freiga fice My Luds, calverting to the Completion of most of the Works of importance for the exiction of which it had been requisite for the Civil Government- to provide, and to the sufficiency of the Surveyor General's Department for the Supervision of their, would that the further employment suggests of the Officers of Rogerl Engineers in this Brunch of the Colonial Service mary act ces arce be dispensed with proposed by Sir Jr. Davis. سنگ obedient for your let munduan In Merivale. at dal comoly the recepery sexction to the Goonpor Jach 26 Bitt 4.786-27 Không không hồng JUY87 1640 Trussing Chembour 26th July 1848. With inference просил 179 Letter of the oth Ultimo I have it in sounds to cuspressent You, for Earl Grey, Thack the information of Earl Ge the Lucts Commissionves of Ur- Majesty's Trecisory have been plusul to authorize the Actmission of the Expenditione fer the proposed Works at Hong Kong reforrect to in the Dispielch from Governor Sie, J. Dewis detect. the 13th March last. (N=39) $ Vite So Sor. A Auf/48 N45 L your buchent eithunda ana L
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Board

of

Trad

ELE

Freiga

fice

My Luds, calverting to the Completion of most of the Works of importance for the exiction of which it had been requisite for the Civil Government- to provide, and to the sufficiency of the Surveyor General's Department for the Supervision of their, would

that the further employment suggests of the Officers of Rogerl Engineers in this Brunch of the Colonial Service mary act

ces

arce

be dispensed with

proposed by Sir Jr. Davis.

سنگ

obedient for

your

let munduan

In Merivale.

at dal

comoly the recepery sexction to the Goonpor

Jach 26 Bitt

4.786-27

Không không hồng

JUY87 1640

Trussing Chembour

26th July 1848.

With inference

просил

179

Letter

of the oth Ultimo I have it in

sounds to cuspressent You, for

Earl Grey, Thack

the information of Earl Ge the Lucts Commissionves of Ur- Majesty's Trecisory have been plusul to authorize the Actmission of the Expenditione fer the proposed Works at Hong Kong reforrect to in the Dispielch from Governor Sie, J. Dewis detect. the 13th March last. (N=39)

$

Vite So Sor. A Auf/48 N45

L

your buchent

eithunda ana

L

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