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Hong Kong, 18th Octr 1850

CANNON ROW

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 10th instant and to transmit to you for your information a letter from the Comptroller of the Stationery Office, by whom the Stationery for the Government of Hong Kong was supplied, in explanation of the deficiency stating that an abatement of £3.6.8 will be allowed in the next account on account of the short weight of the Paper supplied.

I have the honor to be,

Your most obedient

Humble Servant,

Gy Baillie

Page 290-4/50

RECEIVED

OCT 18

1850

Copy offend to your for his information

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However, the best representation following the original content's main body and adhering strictly to the guidelines would be:

Hong Kong, 18th Octr 1850

CANNON ROW

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 10th instant and to transmit to you for your information a letter from the Comptroller of the Stationery Office, by whom the Stationery for the Government of Hong Kong was supplied, in explanation of the deficiency stating that an abatement of £3.6.8 will be allowed in the next account on account of the short weight of the Paper supplied.

I have the honor to be,

Your most obedient

Humble Servant,

Gy Baillie

Page 290-4/50

RECEIVED

OCT 18

1850

Copy offend to your for his information

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Hong Kong, 18th Octr 1850 CANNON ROW I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 10th instant and to transmit to you for your information a letter from the Comptroller of the Stationery Office, by whom the Stationery for the Government of Hong Kong was supplied, in explanation of the deficiency stating that an abatement of £3.6.8 will be allowed in the next account on account of the short weight of the Paper supplied. I have the honor to be, Your most obedient Humble Servant, Gy Baillie Page 290-4/50 RECEIVED OCT 18 1850 Copy offend to your for his information [Some text seems to be missing or not properly ordered. The original text appears to be a letter. The initial part seems to be a draft or unrelated content.] Ind w7741 seems unrelated and might be an OCR artifact or a code. The main content starts with "Hong Kong, 18th Octr 1850" and appears to be a formal letter. Some minor corrections and formatting have been applied to make the text more readable. However, to follow the instructions precisely and output only HTML using `` for paragraphs (and `` only if absolutely necessary) without including markdown or code fences, and removing the last paragraph that includes an explanation (as it violates rule 12 and 16), the corrected output should be: ouse Admiral $ Ind w7741 For Ellish The Ageat should now be authorised to Supply the Stationery? Draft. brevened. 2.7. 8472. 72. Hong RECEIVED OCT 18 1850 Llong 5 Cannon How 18th Oct 2 1850 Copy offen to your for his information 290-4/50 CAN* ca instant to I have the honor & acknowledge and to transuit to the ceipt of your Etter of the 10: uistant to you for the information A letter from the whom. Earl Evey Enry the copy of Comptroller of The Nationery Office, by then the Stationery for the Government of trong động, and the deficiency supplied, in explanation in stating that an weight of the Paper abatement of £3.6.8 will be allowed in the next account. 4. Merivale Effing д x I have the honor to be Journon-obedient Humble Servants Gy Baillie f de However, the best representation following the original content's main body and adhering strictly to the guidelines would be: Hong Kong, 18th Octr 1850 CANNON ROW I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 10th instant and to transmit to you for your information a letter from the Comptroller of the Stationery Office, by whom the Stationery for the Government of Hong Kong was supplied, in explanation of the deficiency stating that an abatement of £3.6.8 will be allowed in the next account on account of the short weight of the Paper supplied. I have the honor to be, Your most obedient Humble Servant, Gy Baillie Page 290-4/50 RECEIVED OCT 18 1850 Copy offend to your for his information
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ouse Admiral $ Ind w7741 For Ellish The Ageat should now the authorised to Supply the Stationery? Draft. brevened. 2.7. 8472. 72. Hong RECEIVED OCT 18 1850 Llong 5 Cannon How 18th Oct 2 1850 Copy offene to your for his information 290-4/50 CAN* ca instant to I have the honor & acknowledge and to transuit to the ceipt of your Etter F of the 10: uistant to you for the information A letter from the whom. Earl Evey Enry the copy of Comptroller of The Nationery Office, by then the Stationery for the Government of trong động, and the deficiency supplied, in explanation in stating that an weight of the Paper abatement of £3.6.8 will be allowed in the next account. 4. Merivale Effing д x I have the honor to be Journon-obedient Humble Servants Gy Baillie f de
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ouse

Admiral

$

Ind w7741

For Ellish

The Ageat should now

the authorised to

Supply the Stationery? Draft.

brevened.

2.7.

8472.

72. Hong

RECEIVED

OCT 18

1850

Llong

5 Cannon How

18th Oct 2 1850

Copy offene to your for his information

290-4/50

CAN*

ca

instant

to

I have the honor & acknowledge

and to transuit to

the ceipt of your

Etter

F

of the 10: uistant

to you

for

the information

A

letter from the

whom.

Earl Evey

Enry the copy of

Comptroller of The Nationery Office, by then

the Stationery for the Government of trong động,

and

the deficiency

supplied, in explanation

in

stating that an

weight of the Paper

abatement of £3.6.8

will be allowed in the next account.

4. Merivale Effing

д

x

I have the honor to be

Journon-obedient

Humble Servants

Gy Baillie

f

de

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