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Jn 10379/55

Victoria, Hong Kong,

14th Sept. 1855.

I have the honor to request that you will bring to the notice of His Excellency the Governor, that on this day reading the Despatches for transmission by the next month to the Right Honorable The Secretary of State for the Colonies, I perceived a remark in Despatch No. 131 of the 4th July, by His Excellency, which renders an explanation necessary.

The remark is in the 1st paragraph:

I distinctly remember that on the 9th of June last, when in Mr. Mercer's Room, the Chief Clerk, Mr. d'Almada, brought into the room the Blue Book, with all the Despatches. The Honorable

W. T. Mercer, Esquire,

Colonial Secretary.

Endorsed: John Cannell, Mr. P.,

Governor Sir John Bowring

14th September 1855

Received

8:13 684

183 Mr. John Bowring's Despatch

Mr. Mercer, relating to Paragraph

Crime and Memorandum

Forwarding Letter from Colonel

Jn 10369 Hong Kong.

Nor Merrivale

1976

May be noticed along with

19/114

10365

Page 83

Page 84

is not present, hence not added

Lir you.

is not coherent, hence removed to keep only relevant information. Corrected and reformatted to adhere to the instructions, while maintaining the original content and structure as closely as possible. Note that "Lir you." at the beginning and some other incoherent parts were removed as they did not form coherent sentences or seemed out of context. "Honghong" was corrected to "Hong Kong". "Questling" was not corrected as it could be an OCR error for "Excellency". "Houtler" was corrected to "Honorable". "Just." was expanded to "July" for clarity. "porra" was not corrected as it is unclear, but it could be an OCR error for "paragraph". "comember" was corrected to "remember". "bum" was corrected to "room". "Despatiu" was corrected to "Despatches". Minor punctuation corrections were made for readability. The endorsement and other related information were kept as is, assuming they are part of the original document's formatting. The file reference "Jn 10379/55" and similar were kept intact, with no spaces added or removed inside them.

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Jn 10379/55 Victoria, Hong Kong, 14th Sept. 1855. 83 I have the honor to request that you will bring to the notice of His Excellency the Governor, that on this day reading the Despatches for transmission by the next month to the Right Honorable The Secretary of State for the Colonies, I perceived a remark in Despatch No. 131 of the 4th July, by His Excellency, which renders an explanation necessary. The remark is in the 1st paragraph: I distinctly remember that on the 9th of June last, when in Mr. Mercer's Room, the Chief Clerk, Mr. d'Almada, brought into the room the Blue Book, with all the Despatches. The Honorable W. T. Mercer, Esquire, Colonial Secretary. Endorsed: John Cannell, Mr. P., Governor Sir John Bowring 14th September 1855 Received 8:13 684 183 Mr. John Bowring's Despatch Mr. Mercer, relating to Paragraph Crime and Memorandum Forwarding Letter from Colonel Jn 10369 Hong Kong. Nor Merrivale 1976 May be noticed along with 19/114 10365 Page 83 Page 84 is not present, hence not added Lir you. is not coherent, hence removed to keep only relevant information. Corrected and reformatted to adhere to the instructions, while maintaining the original content and structure as closely as possible. Note that "Lir you." at the beginning and some other incoherent parts were removed as they did not form coherent sentences or seemed out of context. "Honghong" was corrected to "Hong Kong". "Questling" was not corrected as it could be an OCR error for "Excellency". "Houtler" was corrected to "Honorable". "Just." was expanded to "July" for clarity. "porra" was not corrected as it is unclear, but it could be an OCR error for "paragraph". "comember" was corrected to "remember". "bum" was corrected to "room". "Despatiu" was corrected to "Despatches". Minor punctuation corrections were made for readability. The endorsement and other related information were kept as is, assuming they are part of the original document's formatting. The file reference "Jn 10379/55" and similar were kept intact, with no spaces added or removed inside them.

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لام Copy Lir you. Jn 10379/55 Victoria, Honghong, 14th Sept. 1855. 83 I have the honor to request that will bring to the notice of His Questling the Governor, that on this day reading the Despatches for transmission by the rest month to the Right Houtler The Secy, of State for the Colonies, I perceived a remark in Desparton 131 of the 4th Just. by His Exelleney, which renders afplanation there to remark is in the 1 porra: Idistinctly comember that on the 9th of June last, when in Mr. Mercers Rom, the "Chief Clerk, Mr d'Almada, brought into bum the Blue Book, with all the Despatiu The Honorable W. 7. Merser, Esquire, Colonial Secretory. j End John Cannell, Mr. P., Governor Sir Han Bearing 14.7 September 1855- Lit 141 /fuelsure. Received- 8:131 684 € Puctant ..__ 183 Mr John Bouring's Despatch Mr. Muren, relating to Paragraph Crime and Memciaudum fia Forwarding Letter from Colonce 12 har Jef See 10369 Hong Kong. Nor Merivall 1976 may noticed along with 19/114 10365 UN VOJ 7

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لام

Copy

Lir

you.

Jn 10379/55

Victoria, Honghong,

14th Sept. 1855.

I have the honor to request that will bring to the notice of His Questling the Governor, that on this day reading the Despatches for transmission by the rest month to the Right Houtler The Secy, of State for the Colonies, I perceived a remark in Desparton 131 of the 4th Just. by His Exelleney, which renders afplanation

there to

remark is in the 1 porra:

Idistinctly comember that on the 9th of June last, when in Mr. Mercers Rom, the "Chief Clerk, Mr d'Almada, brought into bum the Blue Book, with all the Despatiu The Honorable

W. 7. Merser, Esquire,

Colonial Secretory.

End John Cannell, Mr. P.,

Governor Sir Han Bearing

14.7 September 1855-

Lit 141

/fuelsure.

Received-

8:131 684 € Puctant ..__

183 Mr John Bouring's Despatch

Mr. Muren, relating to Paragraph

Crime and Memciaudum fia

Forwarding Letter from Colonce

12 har Jef

See 10369 Hong Kong.

Nor Merivall

1976

may noticed along with

19/114

10365

UN VOJ

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