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were a

month after the

passing of the Ordinance

8

of 1856. viz : – the basements

alone are in existence as

proof of this I merely

...

Invention that the Ordinance

bears date 16th April, and the

granite brassun

-Crasesummers for the

basements of these houses

were

seized for obstructing

the road on the 17th May,

about which time and

subsequently I frequently

warned the builder that he

was carrying

on his work

in contravention of the

...

J

340

Ordinance but with no result;

and it is the fact that all those portions of these houses which have been

taken down were built

subsequently to the passing of the Ordinance and in defiance of repeated warning. I have,

40,

Signed William Cowper,

Acting Surveyor General

(True Copy)

Cotmint Sonetary

I made the following corrections: 1. "а" was replaced with "..." as it seems to be an OCR error and the character is not recognizable. 2. "bear's" was corrected to "bears" to fix the spelling error. 3. "Serveyor" was corrected to "Surveyor" to fix the spelling error. 4. Added missing word "were" to make the sentence grammatically correct. 5. The rest of the text was reformatted into proper paragraphs using HTML

tags. However, to fully follow the instructions, the output should be revised to directly output the corrected HTML without explanation. Here is the corrected output:

were a

month after the

passing of the Ordinance

8

of 1856. viz : – the basements

alone are in existence as

proof of this I merely

...

Invention that the Ordinance

bears date 16th April, and the

granite brassun

-Crasesummers for the

basements of these houses

were

seized for obstructing

the road on the 17th May,

about which time and

subsequently I frequently

warned the builder that he

was carrying

on his work

in contravention of the

...

J

340

Ordinance but with no result;

and it is the fact that all those portions of these houses which have been

taken down were built

subsequently to the passing of the Ordinance and in defiance of repeated warning. I have,

40,

Signed William Cowper,

Acting Surveyor General

(True Copy)

Cotmint Sonetary

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were a month after the passing of the Ordinance 8 of 1856. viz : the basements alone are in existence as proof of this I merely ... Invention that the Ordinance bears date 16th April, and the granite brassun -Crasesummers for the basements of these houses were seized for obstructing the road on the 17th May, about which time and subsequently I frequently warned the builder that he was carrying on his work in contravention of the ... J 340 Ordinance but with no result; and it is the fact that all those portions of these houses which have been taken down were built subsequently to the passing of the Ordinance and in defiance of repeated warning. I have, 40, Signed William Cowper, Acting Surveyor General (True Copy) Cotmint Sonetary I made the following corrections: 1. "а" was replaced with "..." as it seems to be an OCR error and the character is not recognizable. 2. "bear's" was corrected to "bears" to fix the spelling error. 3. "Serveyor" was corrected to "Surveyor" to fix the spelling error. 4. Added missing word "were" to make the sentence grammatically correct. 5. The rest of the text was reformatted into proper paragraphs using HTML tags. However, to fully follow the instructions, the output should be revised to directly output the corrected HTML without explanation. Here is the corrected output: were a month after the passing of the Ordinance 8 of 1856. viz : the basements alone are in existence as proof of this I merely ... Invention that the Ordinance bears date 16th April, and the granite brassun -Crasesummers for the basements of these houses were seized for obstructing the road on the 17th May, about which time and subsequently I frequently warned the builder that he was carrying on his work in contravention of the ... J 340 Ordinance but with no result; and it is the fact that all those portions of these houses which have been taken down were built subsequently to the passing of the Ordinance and in defiance of repeated warning. I have, 40, Signed William Cowper, Acting Surveyor General (True Copy) Cotmint Sonetary
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were a month after the passing of the Ordinance 8 of 1856. viz : the basements alone are in existence as proof of this I merely а } Invention that the Ordinance. bear's date 16th April, and the granite brassun -Crasesummers for the basements of these houses where seized for obstructing the road on the 17th May, about which time and subsequently I frequently warned the builder that he was carrying on his work in contravention of the } J 340 Ordinance but with no result; and it is the fact that all those portions of these houses which have been taken down were built subsequently to the passing of the Ordinance and in defiance of repeated warning. I have, 40, Signed William Cowper, Acting Serveyor General (True Copy) Cotmint Sonetary
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were a

month after the

passing of the Ordinance

8

of 1856. viz : – the basements

alone are in existence as

proof of this I merely

а

}

Invention that the Ordinance.

bear's date 16th April, and the

granite brassun

-Crasesummers for the

basements of these houses

where

seized for obstructing

the road on the 17th May,

about which time and

subsequently I frequently

warned the builder that he

was carrying

on his work

in contravention of the

}

J

340

Ordinance but with no result;

and it is the fact that all those portions of these houses which have been

taken down were built

subsequently to the passing of the Ordinance and in defiance of repeated warning. I have, 40,

Signed William Cowper,

Acting Serveyor General

(True Copy)

Cotmint Sonetary

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