CO129-077 - Sir Robinson - 1860 [1-6] — Page 42

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G. A. Hamilton Eng

MINUTE, MTB

2/ APR!

Mr Elliot 27 M.Merivale MC Fortescue 23 | Duke of Newcastle | 24.

Mr. Elliot

We must get the French assent to these proposals.

CB.

26. April

Sir,

60

A question having arisen in 1858 in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong respecting the distinction to be preserved between "the fixed establishment," and the general "Estimates" for the service of that Colony the then Secretary of State Sir E. B. Lytton came to the conclusion, after careful consideration that it might be expedient to construct

I made the following corrections: 1. Corrected "Franny" to "French" as it is more likely to be referring to the French government or assent. 2. Corrected "ascent" to "assent" as "assent" is the correct term in the context of government or official approval. 3. Corrected "proporals" to "proposals". 4. Removed the non-English text "nf que động trong 2000 c" as it appears to be OCR error or unrelated text. 5. Corrected "arisen" (already correct but "Aquestion" was corrected to "A question"). 6. Corrected "Hong Hong" to "Hong Kong". 7. Corrected "condersion" to "conclusion". 8. Corrected "Sir &. B. Lytton" to "Sir E. B. Lytton". The output is in HTML format using

tags for paragraphs as per the instructions.

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G. A. Hamilton Eng MINUTE, MTB 2/ APR! Mr Elliot 27 M.Merivale MC Fortescue 23 | Duke of Newcastle | 24. Mr. Elliot We must get the French assent to these proposals. CB. 26. April Sir, 60 A question having arisen in 1858 in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong respecting the distinction to be preserved between "the fixed establishment," and the general "Estimates" for the service of that Colony the then Secretary of State Sir E. B. Lytton came to the conclusion, after careful consideration that it might be expedient to construct I made the following corrections: 1. Corrected "Franny" to "French" as it is more likely to be referring to the French government or assent. 2. Corrected "ascent" to "assent" as "assent" is the correct term in the context of government or official approval. 3. Corrected "proporals" to "proposals". 4. Removed the non-English text "nf que động trong 2000 c" as it appears to be OCR error or unrelated text. 5. Corrected "arisen" (already correct but "Aquestion" was corrected to "A question"). 6. Corrected "Hong Hong" to "Hong Kong". 7. Corrected "condersion" to "conclusion". 8. Corrected "Sir &. B. Lytton" to "Sir E. B. Lytton". The output is in HTML format using tags for paragraphs as per the instructions.
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Entered G. A. Hamilton Eng MINUTE, MTB 2/ APR! Mr Elliot 27 M.Merivale MCFortescue 23 | Duke of Newrastle | 24. Mr. Elliot We must get the Franny ascent to these proporals. CB. nf que động trong 2000 c 26. april Sir, 60 Aquestion having arisen in 1858 in the Legislative Council of Hong Hong respecting the distinction to be preserved between "the fixed establishment," and the anneral "Estimates" for the service of that Colony the then Secretary of State Sir &. B. Lytton came to the condersion, after careful consideration that it might be expedient to construct a
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G. A. Hamilton Eng

MINUTE, MTB

2/ APR!

Mr Elliot 27 M.Merivale MCFortescue 23 | Duke of Newrastle | 24.

Mr. Elliot

We must get the Franny ascent to these proporals.

CB.

nf que

động trong 2000 c

26. april

Sir,

60

Aquestion having

arisen in 1858 in the Legislative Council of Hong Hong respecting

the distinction to be preserved between "the fixed establishment," and the anneral "Estimates" for the service of that Colony the then Secretary of State Sir &. B. Lytton came to the condersion, after careful consideration that it might be expedient to construct

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