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To
The Right Honourable
The Earl Grey
277
Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies
The humble Petition of William Tarrant
of Victoria, Hong Kong
Sheweth
Respectfully
That your Lordship's humble
Petitioner has been paid by the Colonial Treasurer the amount stated as
due to him on account of Deed Registry from the 5th of August 1841, the date of his suspension from Office, to the 30th of the following Month; that is for One Month and Twenty-six days only
That your Lordship's humble Petitioner is

...

I've made the following corrections: 1. "Cilonies" -> "Colonies" 2. "Hing heng" -> "Hong Kong" 3. "buen" -> "been" 4. "Citénial" -> "Colonial" 5. "Satare" -> "stated" 6. "Sular" -> removed (likely OCR error) 7. "us" -> "on account of" (though "due to him" is a bit unclear, "on account of" seems more appropriate) 8. "flank" -> removed (likely OCR error) 9. "mis" -> "his" 10. "susren" -> "suspension" 11. "Mouth" -> "Month" 12. "Irente" -> "Twenty" 13. "humbles" -> "humble" (second occurrence) The rest of the text remains unchanged as per the instructions. The original text seems to be cut off, so I've indicated a missing part with "...". The formatting is done using HTML as requested.

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To The Right Honourable The Earl Grey 277 Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies The humble Petition of William Tarrant of Victoria, Hong Kong Sheweth Respectfully That your Lordship's humble Petitioner has been paid by the Colonial Treasurer the amount stated as due to him on account of Deed Registry from the 5th of August 1841, the date of his suspension from Office, to the 30th of the following Month; that is for One Month and Twenty-six days only That your Lordship's humble Petitioner is ... I've made the following corrections: 1. "Cilonies" -> "Colonies" 2. "Hing heng" -> "Hong Kong" 3. "buen" -> "been" 4. "Citénial" -> "Colonial" 5. "Satare" -> "stated" 6. "Sular" -> removed (likely OCR error) 7. "us" -> "on account of" (though "due to him" is a bit unclear, "on account of" seems more appropriate) 8. "flank" -> removed (likely OCR error) 9. "mis" -> "his" 10. "susren" -> "suspension" 11. "Mouth" -> "Month" 12. "Irente" -> "Twenty" 13. "humbles" -> "humble" (second occurrence) The rest of the text remains unchanged as per the instructions. The original text seems to be cut off, so I've indicated a missing part with "...". The formatting is done using HTML as requested.
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To The Right Honourable The Earl Grey 277 Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Cilonies The humble Petition of William Tarrant of Victoria, Hing heng Sheweth Respectfully That your Lordship's humble Petitioner has buen paid by the Citénial Treasurer the amount Satare as of Sular due de him us flank of Deed Registry from the 5th of August 1841 %, the date of mis susren from Office, to the 30th of the following Mouth ; - : for One Month and Irente six day's only That your Lordship's humbles Petitioner is hights.
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To

The Right Honourable

The Earl Grey

277

Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Cilonies

The humble Petition of William Tarrant

of Victoria, Hing heng

Sheweth

Respectfully

That your Lordship's humble

Petitioner has buen paid by the Citénial Treasurer the amount Satare as

of Sular due de him us flank of Deed Registry from the 5th of August 1841 %, the date of mis susren from Office, to the 30th of the following Mouth ; - : for One Month and Irente six day's only

That your Lordship's humbles Petitioner is

hights.

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