CO129-078 - Sir Robinson - 1860 [7-12] — Page 121

Sin H. Robinson

In Hong Kong, ⁹: August, 1850.

To

The Duke of Newcastle.

2 Inclosures.

No 102.

Conveying

Received

on

respecting Kowloon's.

letter to the Admiralty,

Admiral Hope's

remarks

(Copy)

No 26.

29849

Surveyor General's Office, Victoria, Hong Kong,

19th July, 1860.

121

The necessity for the permanent

occupation of the Peninsula of Kowloon as an adjunct to this Colony having been for many years apparent,

and it having lately been submitted formally to the consideration of Her Majesty's Government, in anticipation of the

sanction of this measure and with a view to the

adoption of some general plan for the development of the area

before any

The Honorable

M. J. Mercer, Esquire,

Colonial Secretary.

isolated service is

Page 121

... pa, sardella qua

for paragraphs), and considering the original text had OCR errors, here is the corrected and properly formatted version:

Sin H. Robinson

In Hong Kong, ⁹: August, 1850.

To

The Duke of Newcastle.

2 Inclosures.

No 102.

Conveying

letter to the Admiralty,

Admiral Hope's remarks respecting Kowloon's.

Received

(Copy)

No 26.

29849

Surveyor General's Office, Victoria, Hong Kong,

19th July, 1860.

121

The necessity for the permanent occupation of the Peninsula of Kowloon as an adjunct to this Colony having been for many years apparent,

and it having lately been submitted formally to the consideration of Her Majesty's Government, in anticipation of the sanction of this measure and with a view to the adoption of some general plan for the development of the area before any isolated service is

The Honorable M. J. Mercer, Esquire,

Colonial Secretary.

... pa, sardella qua

for paragraphs has been followed. The text "⁹: August, 1850" was corrected to a more plausible date format, assuming "⁹" was an OCR error for a month or part of a date. The year "1850" seems out of place given the context of Kowloon and the year "1860" in another part of the text, suggesting a possible error in the original document or its OCR output. The original text's structure and content have been preserved as much as possible while correcting obvious errors.