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Putly.

I have the honor to be,

with the highest respect,

Sir,

Your Most Obedient,

Humble Servant,

John Baina

Financial_

Referred to Mr. Clevert, 28 July

Copy to Treasu

Answered 6

15 August 1854.

Sir,

6018 Hong Kong

RECEIVED

JULY 7

1856

Government Office,

195

Victoria

Hong Kong, 12 May, 1858.

I have the honor to forward

for Approval Report and Estimate coming time back

prepared creation of two very necessary

Buildings.

for

very ancillary

the

The one is a Central Police

Station which is rendered

necessary by the approaching

expiry of the Lease under which

The Right Honorable

Henry Labouchere, M.P.,

etc.

No.

etc.

Upon reviewing the original text and the output, some corrections and formatting adjustments can be made according to the given rules: 1. **Correcting OCR errors and improving readability**: - "Putly." seems out of context; it might be "Yours truly." - "Financial_" could be "Financial Secretary" or another related term. - "Referred to Mr. Clevert, 28 July f" should likely be "Referred to Mr. Clevert, 28 July." - "Copy to Treasu" is likely "Copy to Treasurer." - "Auswered 6" should be "Answered 6." - "15 August 754" is likely a typo and should be "15 August 1854." - "for Approval Repot and Ketimatio come time back" should be "for Approval Report and Estimate to come back" or a similar correction. - "very uce" should be "very necessary." - "very nicecilary" should be "very ancillary." 2. **Applying Markdown formatting**: - The original request was to output in HTML using `

` for paragraphs. The corrections will be made with this in mind. Here is the corrected version in HTML format as requested:

Yours truly.

I have the honor to be,

with the highest respect,

Sir,

Your Most Obedient,

Humble Servant,

John Baina

Financial Secretary

Referred to Mr. Clevert, 28 July

Copy to Treasurer

Answered 6

15 August 1854.

Sir,

6018 Hong Kong

RECEIVED

JULY 7

1856

Government Office,

195

Victoria

Hong Kong, 12 May, 1858.

I have the honor to forward

for Approval Report and Estimate to come back

prepared for the creation of two very necessary

Buildings.

for

very ancillary

the

The one is a Central Police

Station which is rendered

necessary by the approaching

expiry of the Lease under which

The Right Honorable

Henry Labouchere, M.P.,

etc.

No.

etc.

This version adheres to the rules provided, correcting spelling errors, fixing spacing issues, and maintaining the original structure as much as possible while using HTML `

` tags for paragraphs.

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Putly. I have the honor to be, with the highest respect, Sir, Your Most Obedient, Humble Servant, John Baina Financial_ Referred to Mr. Clevert, 28 July Copy to Treasu Answered 6 15 August 1854. Sir, 6018 Hong Kong RECEIVED JULY 7 1856 Government Office, 195 Victoria Hong Kong, 12 May, 1858. I have the honor to forward for Approval Report and Estimate coming time back prepared creation of two very necessary Buildings. for very ancillary the The one is a Central Police Station which is rendered necessary by the approaching expiry of the Lease under which The Right Honorable Henry Labouchere, M.P., etc. No. etc. Upon reviewing the original text and the output, some corrections and formatting adjustments can be made according to the given rules: 1. **Correcting OCR errors and improving readability**: - "Putly." seems out of context; it might be "Yours truly." - "Financial_" could be "Financial Secretary" or another related term. - "Referred to Mr. Clevert, 28 July f" should likely be "Referred to Mr. Clevert, 28 July." - "Copy to Treasu" is likely "Copy to Treasurer." - "Auswered 6" should be "Answered 6." - "15 August 754" is likely a typo and should be "15 August 1854." - "for Approval Repot and Ketimatio come time back" should be "for Approval Report and Estimate to come back" or a similar correction. - "very uce" should be "very necessary." - "very nicecilary" should be "very ancillary." 2. **Applying Markdown formatting**: - The original request was to output in HTML using `` for paragraphs. The corrections will be made with this in mind. Here is the corrected version in HTML format as requested: Yours truly. I have the honor to be, with the highest respect, Sir, Your Most Obedient, Humble Servant, John Baina Financial Secretary Referred to Mr. Clevert, 28 July Copy to Treasurer Answered 6 15 August 1854. Sir, 6018 Hong Kong RECEIVED JULY 7 1856 Government Office, 195 Victoria Hong Kong, 12 May, 1858. I have the honor to forward for Approval Report and Estimate to come back prepared for the creation of two very necessary Buildings. for very ancillary the The one is a Central Police Station which is rendered necessary by the approaching expiry of the Lease under which The Right Honorable Henry Labouchere, M.P., etc. No. etc. This version adheres to the rules provided, correcting spelling errors, fixing spacing issues, and maintaining the original structure as much as possible while using HTML `` tags for paragraphs.
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Putly. I have the honor to be, with the highest respect, Sir, Your Most Obedient, Humble Servant, John Baina Financial_ Referred to Mr. Clevert, 28 July f Copy to Treasu Auswered 6 15 August 754. Sir, 6018 Hong Kong RE EIVED JULY 7 1856 Government ffice, 195 Victoria Hong Kong, 12 May, 1858. I have the hour to forward for Approval Repot and Ketimatio come time back prepared creation of two very uce Buildings. for very nicecilary the The bue is a Central Police one £30by. Station which is rendered necessary by the approaching expiry of the Lease under which The Right Honorable. Henry Labouchere, M. Pd., tc. No. te.
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Putly.

I have the honor to be,

with the highest respect,

Sir,

Your Most Obedient,

Humble Servant,

John Baina

Financial_

Referred to Mr. Clevert, 28 July f

Copy to Treasu

Auswered 6

15 August 754.

Sir,

6018 Hong Kong

RE

EIVED

JULY 7

1856

Government

ffice,

195

Victoria

Hong Kong, 12 May, 1858.

I have the hour to forward

for Approval Repot and Ketimatio come time back

prepared creation of two very uce

Buildings.

for

very nicecilary

the

The bue is a Central Police

one £30by. Station which is rendered

necessary by the approaching

expiry of the Lease under which

The Right Honorable.

Henry Labouchere, M. Pd.,

tc.

No.

te.

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