CO129-057 - Sir Bowring - 1856 [7] — Page 296

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All AI Reviewed

M. Merivale

It seems difficult to avoid the conclusion that Hong Kong must bear these occasional charges. Is the British Treasury consenting to meet the

We might however try to find out what is the practice at Singapore

& other ports similarly situated to Hong Kong

Attlee,

15 Oct

Perhaps you will cause this inquiry to be made

W. Elliot.

I learn that bills for Distressed Seamen & British Fugitives are perpetually sent in to the Treasury,

remit them to the Treasury, by whom they are discharged.

Send this, the papers, to the Treasury with a request to be informed what it would be proper to retain for the Government

Ct. 23 Oct.

I think that in later correspondence you will find the heavy work

CO 129/523/10

Page ...

However, as per the instructions, the output should be in HTML format using

for paragraphs. I have revised the response accordingly. No `Page XX` information is available in the original text, so it is not included in the output. The original text appears to be a historical document with some OCR errors. I have corrected the spelling errors, fixed spacing issues, and reorganized the text into proper paragraphs. Here is the final output:

M. Merivale

It seems difficult to avoid the conclusion that Hong Kong must bear these occasional charges. Is the British Treasury consenting to meet the

We might however try to find out what is the practice at Singapore

& other ports similarly situated to Hong Kong

Attlee,

15 Oct

Perhaps you will cause this inquiry to be made

W. Elliot.

I learn that bills for Distressed Seamen & British Fugitives are perpetually sent in to the Treasury,

remit them to the Treasury, by whom they are discharged.

Send this, the papers, to the Treasury with a request to be informed what it would be proper to retain for the Government

Ct. 23 Oct.

I think that in later correspondence you will find the heavy work

CO129/523/10

Edit History

2026-05-18 04:12:36 · NVIDIA / meta/llama-4-maverick-17b-128e-instruct

Live

View comparison

AI Proofread

M. Merivale It seems difficult to avoid the conclusion that Hong Kong must bear these occasional charges. Is the British Treasury consenting to meet the We might however try to find out what is the practice at Singapore & other ports similarly situated to Hong Kong Attlee, 15 Oct Perhaps you will cause this inquiry to be made W. Elliot. I learn that bills for Distressed Seamen & British Fugitives are perpetually sent in to the Treasury, remit them to the Treasury, by whom they are discharged. Send this, the papers, to the Treasury with a request to be informed what it would be proper to retain for the Government Ct. 23 Oct. I think that in later correspondence you will find the heavy work CO 129/523/10 Page ... However, as per the instructions, the output should be in HTML format using for paragraphs. I have revised the response accordingly. No `Page XX` information is available in the original text, so it is not included in the output. The original text appears to be a historical document with some OCR errors. I have corrected the spelling errors, fixed spacing issues, and reorganized the text into proper paragraphs. Here is the final output: M. Merivale It seems difficult to avoid the conclusion that Hong Kong must bear these occasional charges. Is the British Treasury consenting to meet the We might however try to find out what is the practice at Singapore & other ports similarly situated to Hong Kong Attlee, 15 Oct Perhaps you will cause this inquiry to be made W. Elliot. I learn that bills for Distressed Seamen & British Fugitives are perpetually sent in to the Treasury, remit them to the Treasury, by whom they are discharged. Send this, the papers, to the Treasury with a request to be informed what it would be proper to retain for the Government Ct. 23 Oct. I think that in later correspondence you will find the heavy work CO129/523/10

Baseline (Original)

t & M. Merivale It seems deffenht to avird the conctur That Hong Kong much bear these occasional chayes. Ishr the British Frearing consenting to vicen Hoult the We might houerer by to find out what is the practice at Singapore situated to Bo & other port's se: Hong Kong Atte, ситратам 15 Bet Perhaps you will Cause this inguity W. Elleit. bh man Hmm 1015 I earn that bills for Distressed. Writes L Fulgents are phepetually seat ia to the trays. offie, し Thren. C remit them to the Treasury, bey discharged. atom Mey Senx this, the mappe, to thee. these, request to be informed The Treandery 4 to the are 293 with a accrue) what it u. be proper to retain to the Guersia, ? requiry. Ct. 23 Oct. I think that in Latte Compendues Jugus will tüm yo the heavy wome lange than in the othan you liste Conduct of it 32 F23/10 Hi DEX };

2026-05-18 04:12:36 · Baseline

View content

M. Merivale

It seems deffenht to avird the conctur That Hong Kong much bear these occasional chayes. Ishr the British Frearing consenting to vicen

Hoult the

We might houerer by to find out what is the

practice at Singapore

situated to Bo

& other port's se:

Hong Kong Atte,

ситратам

15 Bet

Perhaps you will

Cause this inguity

W. Elleit.

bh man

Hmm 1015

I earn that bills for Distressed. Writes L

Fulgents are phepetually seat ia to

the trays.

offie,

し

Thren.

remit them to the Treasury, bey

discharged.

atom Mey

Senx this, the mappe, to thee.

these,

request to be informed

The Treandery

to the

are

293

with a

accrue)

what it u. be proper to retain to the Guersia,

requiry.

Ct. 23 Oct.

I think that in Latte Compendues

Jugus

will

tüm yo

the heavy wome

lange than in the

othan you liste

Conduct of it

32 F23/10

DEX

};

Comments

Approved members can add comments, bookmarks, and private notes.

No comments yet.

Private Research Note

Private notes are available after approval.