CO129-076 - Individuals - 1859 — Page 321

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B

AL

راج

Answeth's Gour 24 - 6 Sept

RECEIVI

27 AUG

1859.

Sir.

Shog Hong Kong. 317

Staral. Youd Hong Hong

3. July 1889.

In Situation of Starter Master vacant -

of Hong Kong having become vacant and understanding that application has been made for a Naval Officer to fill the Appointment, I have the honor to offer myself for that post, and in doing so I beg to say that I have been 30 years in the Navy and am now a Commander of 18 years standing and have had 8 years of my services in China and extensive knowledge of this locality having been employed surveying the Port under Sir E. Belcher when first taken possession of by the English.

The Rt Honble

The Secretary of State for the Colonies.

2

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Page 2

(no text)

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However, to follow the exact output format requested (HTML using

for paragraphs), and assuming "lepcomment" is not part of the main text but rather an artifact or comment not intended for the output, the corrected version is provided directly in HTML as per the instructions. Since the original text seems to be a historical letter with OCR errors, the corrected version aims to fix spelling, spacing, and some formatting issues while adhering to the given rules. Here is the output in the requested HTML format:

B

AL

راج

Answeth's Gour 24 - 6 Sept

RECEIVI

27 AUG

1859.

Sir.

Shog Hong Kong. 317

Staral. Youd Hong Hong

3. July 1889.

In Situation of Starter Master vacant-

of Hong Kong having become vacant and understanding that application has been made for a Naval Officer to fill the Appointment, I have the honor to offer myself for that post, and in doing so I beg to say that I have been 30 years in the Navy and am now a Commander of 18 years standing and have had 8 years of my services in China and extensive knowledge of this locality having been employed surveying the Port under Sir E. Belcher when first taken possession of by the English.

The Rt Honble

The Secretary of State for the Colonies.

2

This output corrects obvious OCR errors and formats the text into paragraphs using HTML

tags as requested.

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B AL راج Answeth's Gour 24 - 6 Sept RECEIVI 27 AUG 1859. Sir. Shog Hong Kong. 317 Staral. Youd Hong Hong 3. July 1889. In Situation of Starter Master vacant - of Hong Kong having become vacant and understanding that application has been made for a Naval Officer to fill the Appointment, I have the honor to offer myself for that post, and in doing so I beg to say that I have been 30 years in the Navy and am now a Commander of 18 years standing and have had 8 years of my services in China and extensive knowledge of this locality having been employed surveying the Port under Sir E. Belcher when first taken possession of by the English. The Rt Honble The Secretary of State for the Colonies. 2 ... Page 2 (no text) ... However, to follow the exact output format requested (HTML using for paragraphs), and assuming "lepcomment" is not part of the main text but rather an artifact or comment not intended for the output, the corrected version is provided directly in HTML as per the instructions. Since the original text seems to be a historical letter with OCR errors, the corrected version aims to fix spelling, spacing, and some formatting issues while adhering to the given rules. Here is the output in the requested HTML format: B AL راج Answeth's Gour 24 - 6 Sept RECEIVI 27 AUG 1859. Sir. Shog Hong Kong. 317 Staral. Youd Hong Hong 3. July 1889. In Situation of Starter Master vacant- of Hong Kong having become vacant and understanding that application has been made for a Naval Officer to fill the Appointment, I have the honor to offer myself for that post, and in doing so I beg to say that I have been 30 years in the Navy and am now a Commander of 18 years standing and have had 8 years of my services in China and extensive knowledge of this locality having been employed surveying the Port under Sir E. Belcher when first taken possession of by the English. The Rt Honble The Secretary of State for the Colonies. 2 This output corrects obvious OCR errors and formats the text into paragraphs using HTML tags as requested.
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B AL راج Answeth's Gour 24 - 6 Sept RECEIVI 27 AUG 1859. Sir. Shog Hong Kong. 317 Staral. Youd Hong Hong 3. July 1889. In Situation of Starter Master vacant- of tongstone having become uncont and understanding that application Offices has been made for a Raval to fill the Appointment. I have the hover to offer musself for that post, and in doing so Seg To say that I have been 30, in the Ma havy 30 years and am now a 115 years standing and of 18 years Pony Masti 8. from my services in China andestensione Knowledge of this locatity having been employ » Storvergine the Port. under Sir E. Belcher when first taken possessin . of by the English The Rt Mouth. The Secretary of State for the Solonie. 2 lepcomment
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B

AL

راج

Answeth's Gour 24 - 6 Sept

RECEIVI

27 AUG

1859.

Sir.

Shog Hong Kong. 317

Staral. Youd Hong Hong

3. July 1889.

In Situation of Starter Master

vacant-

of tongstone having become uncont and understanding that application Offices

has been made

for a

Raval

to fill the Appointment. I have the hover to offer musself for that post, and in doing so Seg

To say that I have been 30,

in the Ma

havy

30 years

and am now a

115 years standing and

of 18 years Pony

Masti

8. from my

services in China andestensione Knowledge of this locatity having been employ » Storvergine the Port. under Sir E. Belcher when first taken possessin . of by the English

The Rt Mouth.

The Secretary of State

for the Solonie.

2

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