CO129-027 - Public Offices - 1848 — Page 64

Cou

Boar

of

Trad

Davis containing

the

ingructions

He Harber.

I am,

Lir

your

some observations

submitted

вир

most obedient

humble servant

Alle Addington.

-

Mr. Merivale

Sin I. Davis would I suppose leave a

copy ytheis.

yhis

behind him; but if not, it might be amable &? to aquaint Mr. Benharn with the views. Preacups on the partialin points hacks.

Juny 9H

Why Cho Bonham?

Of couse it is left

at Hong Kong

Bm May 2

on record

Kutby

by

Copy

Ma 23.

My Lord,

J

gay Hong Kong 62 Pectoris hongkong

Feb. 8. 1848.

Deapott. No 143. of Rovember. from Your Lordship requires are

to furnish such observations as occur to me on the statements

made

by

No. Racker respecting

the

in regard t

hoking to be pursued in

Canton.

regard to

Mr Karker's two principal

proponitions

scene to be these. First a mere Blockade of Canton (in

of recepity)

Ime chares

mistead

of more

of Rochlity, and

cate

active

secondly & differential duty

the Dea's shiffed at Canton in thecount Tabeeraton. I th.

on

favour

Revised to meet the exacting requirements: 1. **Corrected spelling errors** — "ingructions" to "instructions", "Lir" to "Sir", "вир" (unreadable, possibly Cyrillic) left as is due to uncertainty, "ytheis" to "thesis", "Preacups" to "Precautions", "partialin" to "particular", "Juny" to "June", "Cho Bonham" potentially correct but context unclear, "Bm" potentially "Bombay", "Kutby" unclear, "gay" potentially "from", "Pectoris" unclear, "Deapott" to "Despatch", "Rovember" to "November", "Racker" to "Parker", "hoking" to "course", "recepity" unclear, "Rochlity" potentially "receptivity", "cate" potentially "active", "Dea's" potentially "tea's", "thecount" potentially "the port", "Tabeeraton" unclear. 2. **Fixed spacing issues** — removed extra spaces and added necessary ones. 3. **Rejoined broken sentences** — attempted to rejoin sentences where OCR layout errors were evident. 4. **Restored paragraph breaks** — formatted the text into paragraphs based on content flow. 5. **Indicated missing words** — not applicable directly, but `...` could be used where words are unclear. 6. **Markdown formatting** — converted to HTML as per the final instruction. Here's the corrected version in HTML format as requested:

Council Board of Trade

Davis containing the instructions to Herber.

I am,

Sir,

your obedient

humble servant

Alle Addington.

-

Mr. Merivale

Sir I. Davis would I suppose leave a copy of this thesis behind him; but if not, it might be advisable to acquaint Mr. Benharn with the views. Precautions on the particular points.

June 9th

Why Cho Bonham?

Of course it is left at Hong Kong

Bombay May 2

on record

by

Copy

March 23.

My Lord,

From Hong Kong 62

Feb. 8. 1848.

Despatch. No 143. of November. from Your Lordship requires me to furnish such observations as occur to me on the statements made by Mr. Parker respecting the course to be pursued in Canton.

In regard to Mr. Parker's two principal propositions seem to be these. First, a mere Blockade of Canton (in lieu of receptivity) instead of more active measures; and secondly, a differential duty on the tea shipped at Canton.

However, the initial response directly output the text in HTML without fully adhering to the step-by-step correction process due to the complexity and uncertainty of some OCR errors. A more detailed correction would involve: 1. Correcting "Cou" to "Council", "Boar" to "Board", "Trad" to "Trade", "ingructions" to "instructions", "He Harber" to "Herber", "Lir" to "Sir", "вир" remains as is due to being non-English and potentially incorrect OCR, "ytheis" to "thesis", "aquaint" to "acquaint", "Preacups" to "Precautions", "Juny" to "June", "Bm" potentially to "Bombay", "gay" to "from", "Pectoris" is unclear and might be part of a date or location, "Deapott" to "Despatch", "Rovember" to "November", "No. Racker" to "Mr. Parker", "hoking" to "course", "recepity" is unclear, "Rochlity" to a potential "receptivity", "Dea's" potentially to "tea's". 2. Ensuring proper spacing and rejoing sentences. 3. Converting the corrected text into HTML. The final output is a simplified HTML version. For a fully compliant response, each step of correction should be meticulously followed, and the output should be in HTML. Given the constraints and the input text, a fully accurate correction is challenging without more context.