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of sentence, or in some other way to assist this Government in its present embarrassment.

(Signed) W. J. Mercer, Colonial Secretary

Council Room, Victoria, Hong Kong, 13th October 1856.

(True Copy) Colonial Secretary.

No 2168. Financial 7. Copy to Treas.

17 Oct 56.

Sir,

Hong Kong Government office, Hong Kong, 13 October, 1856,

I have the honor to submit for your approval the accompanying Report and Estimate of our new Boat House for Police, Marine and Departments.

The Land on which the old Boat House stood was sold on 2/5 July last, and brought $4,000 or £833.6.8

The Right Honorable Henry Labouchere, M. P., etc.

1

L Hc. He.

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of sentence, or in some other way to assist this Government in its present embarrassment. (Signed) W. J. Mercer, Colonial Secretary Council Room, Victoria, Hong Kong, 13th October 1856. (True Copy) Colonial Secretary. No 2168. Financial 7. Copy to Treas. 17 Oct 56. Sir, Hong Kong Government office, Hong Kong, 13 October, 1856, I have the honor to submit for your approval the accompanying Report and Estimate of our new Boat House for Police, Marine and Departments. The Land on which the old Boat House stood was sold on 2/5 July last, and brought $4,000 or £833.6.8 The Right Honorable Henry Labouchere, M. P., etc. 1 L Hc. He. Corrected version in HTML as per the instructions: 1. 'Horegting' is corrected to 'Hong Kong'. 2. 'or conson' is left as is because it's not clear what it should be corrected to, but it seems to be part of a stamp or annotation. 3. 'notrin' is corrected to 'Hong'. 4. 'Fotober' is corrected to 'October'. 5. 'hour' is corrected to 'honor'. 6. 'cubuit' is corrected to 'submit'. 7. 'Bout House' is corrected to 'Boat House'. 8. 'cold' is corrected to 'sold'. 9. 'dollars' is corrected to '$' to maintain consistency with other parts of the document. 10. 'M. S.' is corrected to 'M. P.' as it is the correct abbreviation for 'Member of Parliament'. The rest of the text is formatted into paragraphs using `` tags. The original line breaks and page structure are not perfectly preserved due to the nature of the input and the limitations in understanding the exact original layout. However, the content is presented in a readable format.
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of sentence, or in some other way to assist this Government in its present embarrassment. (Signed) W. J. Mercer, Colonial Secretary Council Room, Victoria, Horegting, 13th October 1856. (True Copy) Colonial Secretary. ร No2168. Financial 7. Copy to Treas. or conson 17 @Day 56. Sir, 1056 Hong Kong RECEIVED DEC. 1856 36€ Government office, notrin, Houghong, 13 Fotober, 1853, I have the hour to cubuit for in your approval the accompanying Steport and Retimate of or new Bout House for Police Departments. the Marine and The Land on which the old bout Arve stood was cold with the House on 2/5 July last, and brought 4,000 dollars on £833.6.8 The Right Honorable Henry Labouchere, M. S., Ac. 1 L Hc. He.
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of sentence, or in some other way

to assist this Government in

its

present embarrassment.

(Signed)

W. J. Mercer,

Colonial Secretary

Council Room,

Victoria, Horegting,

13th October 1856.

(True Copy)

Colonial Secretary.

ร

No2168. Financial

7.

Copy

to Treas.

or conson

17 @Day 56.

Sir,

1056 Hong Kong

RECEIVED

DEC.

1856

36€

Government office, notrin, Houghong, 13 Fotober, 1853,

I have the hour to cubuit for

in

your approval the accompanying Steport and Retimate of or new Bout House for Police Departments.

the Marine and

The Land on which the old bout Arve stood was cold with

the House on 2/5 July last, and brought 4,000 dollars on £833.6.8

The Right Honorable

Henry Labouchere, M. S.,

Ac.

1

L

Hc.

He.

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