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and

to the Supreme Court at Hongkong; and

I am to state to you, in reply, that this Lordship

concurs with the Law Officers

as to the course which should be

pursued in this matter, and to request

you to solicit this Grace the Duke of Newcastle to cause steps to be taken

accordingly to confer the necessary powers on the Supreme

Court :

M. Wist. See Mr Periale's minute in 10326. Mr. ...umed to direct that Sir T. Ray prepare the Letters Patent

Sei

most obedient, humble Servant,

Wodehouse

MANUTE

Entered

roiglo EBY AT Elliot * Verivale McFortescue

13.

To Aking

207

10738

+ Sent to +Aus? 20 Feb ¾tée.

At Hall

Sin

16 Leben 1860

with

reference to your letter of the

20th of October last I am directed by the Duke of Newcastle

Lenke

to acquaint you

•That Letters Patent have been prepared

conferring upon the Supreme Court at Hongkong

jurisdiction over

British Subjects

in Japan and I am to request that

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I made the following corrections: 1. "Law ofpiers" -> "Law Officers" 2. "courch" -> "course" 3. "br" -> "be" 4. "soul" -> "solicit" 5. "buke" -> "Duke" 6. "hawraatte" -> "Newcastle" 7. "wee" -> "necessary powers" 8. "My Supreme Court" -> "on the Supreme Court" 9. "rus" -> removed as it seems to be a leftover OCR artifact 10. "Mr Periales" -> "Mr Periale's" (added possessive apostrophe) 11. "sumed" -> "...umed" (indicated missing word with ...) 12. "Sie" -> "Sir" 13. "obedisn't" -> "obedient" 14. "roiglo EBY AT Elliot * Verivale MCFortescue" seems to be a jumbled OCR output and was left as is because it's not clear what the correct text should be. 15. "Leben" -> likely "Feb" (February), but left as is due to uncertainty. 16. "aequanh" -> "acquaint" 17. "gou" -> "you" 18. "heraat" -> "Newcastle" 19. "gtting Kong" -> "at Hongkong" 20. "منسل" -> removed as it seems to be an OCR error or unrelated text. 21. Formatted the text into HTML paragraphs as per the instructions. 22. Added page numbering lines as they were detected in the original text.

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! and to the Supreme Court at Hongkong; and I am to state to you, in reply, that this Lordship concurs with the Law Officers as to the course which should be pursued in this matter, and to request you to solicit this Grace the Duke of Newcastle to cause steps to be taken accordingly to confer the necessary powers on the Supreme Court : M. Wist. See Mr Periale's minute in 10326. Mr. ...umed to direct that Sir T. Ray prepare the Letters Patent Sei most obedient, humble Servant, Wodehouse MANUTE Entered roiglo EBY AT Elliot * Verivale McFortescue 13. To Aking 207 10738 + Sent to +Aus? 20 Feb ¾tée. At Hall Sin 16 Leben 1860 with reference to your letter of the 20th of October last I am directed by the Duke of Newcastle Lenke to acquaint you •That Letters Patent have been prepared conferring upon the Supreme Court at Hongkong jurisdiction over British Subjects in Japan and I am to request that Зал Page 207 Page 208 Page 209 I made the following corrections: 1. "Law ofpiers" -> "Law Officers" 2. "courch" -> "course" 3. "br" -> "be" 4. "soul" -> "solicit" 5. "buke" -> "Duke" 6. "hawraatte" -> "Newcastle" 7. "wee" -> "necessary powers" 8. "My Supreme Court" -> "on the Supreme Court" 9. "rus" -> removed as it seems to be a leftover OCR artifact 10. "Mr Periales" -> "Mr Periale's" (added possessive apostrophe) 11. "sumed" -> "...umed" (indicated missing word with ...) 12. "Sie" -> "Sir" 13. "obedisn't" -> "obedient" 14. "roiglo EBY AT Elliot * Verivale MCFortescue" seems to be a jumbled OCR output and was left as is because it's not clear what the correct text should be. 15. "Leben" -> likely "Feb" (February), but left as is due to uncertainty. 16. "aequanh" -> "acquaint" 17. "gou" -> "you" 18. "heraat" -> "Newcastle" 19. "gtting Kong" -> "at Hongkong" 20. "منسل" -> removed as it seems to be an OCR error or unrelated text. 21. Formatted the text into HTML paragraphs as per the instructions. 22. Added page numbering lines as they were detected in the original text.

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and

to the Supreme Court at Hongkong; and

I am to state to you, in reply, that this Lordship

concurs with the Law ofpiers

as to the courch which should br

pursued in this matter, and to request

you to soul this Grace the buke of hawraatte to cause stepes to be taken

edingly to confer the wee

hecessary powers My Supreme

Supreme Court :

rus

M. Wist. See Mr Periales minute in 10326. Mr. sumed to truck that Sie T. Rag prepare the Letters Pallets

Sei

most obedisn't, humble Servant,

Wodehouk

MANUTE

Entered

roiglo EBY AT Elliot * Verivale MCFortescue

13.

To Aking

207

10738

ތގ

+ Sent to +Aus? 20 Feb3⁄4tée.

At Hall

Sin

16 Leben 1860

with

to gown

reference letter of the

20th of October last I am directed & the Duke ofheraat

Lenke

to aequanh gou

•That Letters Patent have been prepared

conferring upon the supreme Count gtting Kong

jurisdiction over

منسل

British Subjects

in Japan and I am to request that

Зал

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