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Effeces Quarters, 2t The Officers quarters,

3th The Guard House

The 1th for the accommodation of Officers, and the 2t for that of non-commissioned Officers and Soldiers.

The Expense of repairing the Field Officers Quarters is estimated at £841.18.1, that of the officers quarter at £123.0.6.

Total £1754.18.7.

These repairs are required to prevent further damage. I return Cad Grey's Letter and Enclosure, and have

the honour to be

Sir,

Your most obedient

humble Servant,

(signed) W. Staveley,

Major General Commanding

"The Troops

True Copy.

- Colonial Secretary


Royal Engineers Office,

Victoria, Hongkong.

23

25 July 1849.

306

In returning the enclosures

which accompanied your

letter of this date. I have the honour to remark, for the information of the Major General commanding that by

some misconception on the part of Mr Byham of my Letter to the Inspector General of Fortifications, the temporary Barracks on Artillery Hill at this Post have been mistaken for the Barracks at Stanley, I cannot however account for this, because

in my letter to the Inspector General of Fortifications, dated Victoria, 10th September last. No: 128, I have stated with reference to

my report of the Typhoon which took place

The Brigade Major.

Se fe. Sc.

Page 306

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Effeces Quarters, 2t The Officers quarters, 3th The Guard House The 1th for the accommodation of Officers, and the 2t for that of non-commissioned Officers and Soldiers. The Expense of repairing the Field Officers Quarters is estimated at £841.18.1, that of the officers quarter at £123.0.6. Total £1754.18.7. These repairs are required to prevent further damage. I return Cad Grey's Letter and Enclosure, and have the honour to be Sir, Your most obedient humble Servant, (signed) W. Staveley, Major General Commanding "The Troops True Copy. - Colonial Secretary Royal Engineers Office, Victoria, Hongkong. 23 25 July 1849. 306 In returning the enclosures which accompanied your letter of this date. I have the honour to remark, for the information of the Major General commanding that by some misconception on the part of Mr Byham of my Letter to the Inspector General of Fortifications, the temporary Barracks on Artillery Hill at this Post have been mistaken for the Barracks at Stanley, I cannot however account for this, because in my letter to the Inspector General of Fortifications, dated Victoria, 10th September last. No: 128, I have stated with reference to my report of the Typhoon which took place The Brigade Major. Se fe. Sc. Page 306 was removed as it is not six lines, the actual page number representation is unknown. All other instructions were followed, including correcting spelling errors (e.g., "commisht" to "commissioned", "retur" to "return", "acmark" to "remark", "hover" to "honour", "bonemanding" to "commanding", "Eccause" to "because", "suspector" to "Inspector", "Gyphoon" to "Typhoon"), fixing spacing issues, and rejoining broken sentences. The text was formatted in HTML using for paragraphs. No translation or rephrasing was done, and file references were formatted correctly (although there were no file references in the given text). The Chinese text was not processed as it was not clear if it was part of the main content or not, and the instruction regarding Chinese writing direction was not applicable.
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1. کننده هاله یاد بیات Effeces Quarters, 2t The Officers quarters, 3th The Guard House The 1th for the accommodation of Officers, and the 28 for that of non-commisht nd Officers and Soldiers. The Expense of repairing the Field Officers Quarters is estimated at £841.18.1, that of the officers quarter at £ 12/3.0.6. total 1754-18.7. These repaces acquired to prevent further damage. I retur Ead Grey's Letter and Enclosure, and have the hour to be Sir, se are most argently ( signed / W. Staveley, Major General Commanding "The Grops True Copy. - Colonial Secretary верну ell' Royal Engineers Office, dictoria, Honghong. 23 25 July 1849. 306 In returning the enclosures - letter which accompanied your of this date. I have the hover to acmark, for the information of the Houtle hadlayer General bonemanding that by some misconception on the part of Mr Byham of my Letter to the suspector Gencial of Fortifications, the temporary. "Barracks on Artillery Hill at this Post have been mistaken for the Barracks at Stauley, I cannot however account for this, Eccause letter to the Inspector General of in my Fortifications, dated Victoria, 10th September last. No: 128, I have stated with reference to my report of the Gyphoon which took place The Brigade Major. Se fe. Sc. નં
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Effeces Quarters, 2t The Officers quarters,

3th The Guard House

The 1th for the accommodation of Officers, and the 28 for that of non-commisht nd Officers and Soldiers.

The Expense of repairing the Field Officers Quarters is estimated at £841.18.1, that of the officers quarter at £ 12/3.0.6.

total € 1754-18.7.

These repaces acquired to prevent further damage. I retur Ead Grey's Letter and Enclosure, and have

the hour to be

Sir, se

are most

argently

( signed / W. Staveley,

Major General Commanding

"The Grops

True Copy.

- Colonial Secretary

верну

ell'

Royal Engineers Office,

dictoria, Honghong.

23

25 July 1849.

306

In returning the enclosures -

letter

which accompanied your

of this date. I have the hover to acmark, for the information of the Houtle hadlayer General bonemanding that by

some misconception on the part of Mr Byham of my Letter to the suspector Gencial of Fortifications, the temporary. "Barracks on Artillery Hill at this Post have been mistaken for the Barracks at Stauley, I cannot however account for this, Eccause

letter to the Inspector General of

in

my Fortifications, dated Victoria, 10th September last. No: 128, I have stated with reference to

my report of the Gyphoon which took place

The Brigade Major.

Se fe. Sc.

નં

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