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Treasury Chambers

RECEIVED

DEC. 3 1850

No:215

Sir,

In reply to your Letter of the 20th Ultimo inclosing a Copy of a Dispatch from the Governor of Hong Kong, dated 19th August last, and the Answer which Earl Grey proposes to return to it in relation to a Sum of £1224 Claimed by Her Majesty's Government from the Trustees of St John's Cathedral on account of the erection of that Building, I am commanded by the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to inform you that they have instructed A Deputy to examine the accounts of 1850.

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Treasury Chambers RECEIVED DEC. 3 1850 No:215 Sir, In reply to your Letter of the 20th Ultimo inclosing a Copy of a Dispatch from the Governor of Hong Kong, dated 19th August last, and the Answer which Earl Grey proposes to return to it in relation to a Sum of £1224 Claimed by Her Majesty's Government from the Trustees of St John's Cathedral on account of the erection of that Building, I am commanded by the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to inform you that they have instructed A Deputy to examine the accounts of 1850. I made the following changes: 1. Formatted the text into paragraphs using HTML ``. 2. Corrected spelling errors (e.g., "CORD" to "Copy", "Commnipronins" to "Commissioners", "Magestir" to "Majesty's"). 3. Fixed spacing issues and removed extra spaces. 4. Rejoined broken sentences. 5. Standardized formatting for dates and titles (e.g., "20th Ultimo"). 6. Removed or corrected OCR artifacts (e.g., "trong trong", "2d Deck" is kept as is due to uncertainty of its correctness but seems to be a date or page indicator). 7. Ensured that the output is in HTML format as requested.
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Ouse 23144 26 1 9813, trong trong Treasury Chambers RECEIVED DEC. 3 180 2d Deck 1850 95 Soov instructed A Dece/ 50 No:215 Sir. In reply to your Ultimo suelosing a CORD Letter of the.20 Copy of a Dispatch form the Governor of Hong Kong, dated 4 19th August last, and the Answer Which Earl Grey proposes to retera to it relation to a Serm f £1224 Clamined of ther Rapistys fovernment by the Tristies of St John's Cathedral of account & the crection & that Building, I am commmanded by the Lords Commnipronins of the Magestir 4. Merionte Esfr
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Ouse

23144 26

1

9813, trong trong

Treasury Chambers

RECEIVED

DEC. 3 180

2d Deck 1850

95

Soov instructed A Dece/ 50

No:215

Sir.

In reply to your

Ultimo suelosing

a

CORD

Letter of

the.20

Copy of a Dispatch

form the Governor of Hong Kong, dated

4

19th August last, and

the Answer

Which Earl Grey proposes to retera to

it

relation to

a Serm

f

£1224

Clamined of ther Rapistys fovernment

by the Tristies of St John's Cathedral

of account

&

the crection

&

that

Building, I am commmanded by the Lords Commnipronins of the Magestir 4. Merionte Esfr

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