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oreig

Offic!

The reply to be addressed to

The Secretary."

9300 Jenedine 182

Simeone

Cylon

Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company,

RECEIV

28 SEP 1860.

Offices. 122, Leadenhall Street.

London. 6.27 Sept 1860.

Indies

7088...

Sir,

I have the honor to acknowledg

the receipt of your letter of 20 inst, stating that the attention of the Secretary of State for the Colonies has been called to the arrangement at present in force by which payment is made to this Company in respect of Contract passages ordered for Colonial Officers from HongKong, Ceylon to England, and enquiring, whether the Directors would object to these Officers paying their passage money, at the Contract rate direct to the Company's Agent at the port of embarcation:

In reply, I am desired by the Directors to express their regret that after giving the matter their best consideration, they do not feel themselves in a position to adopt the arrangement proposed.

I have,

Colonial Office

However, to follow the exact instructions given and to improve the response to fit the required format and rules, here is a more refined version:

Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company,

Offices. 122, Leadenhall Street.

London. 27 Sept 1860.

Sir,

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 20 inst, stating that the attention of the Secretary of State for the Colonies has been called to the arrangement at present in force by which payment is made to this Company in respect of Contract passages ordered for Colonial Officers from Hong Kong, Ceylon to England, and enquiring, whether the Directors would object to these Officers paying their passage money, at the Contract rate direct to the Company's Agent at the port of embarcation:

In reply, I am desired by the Directors to express their regret that after giving the matter their best consideration, they do not feel themselves in a position to adopt the arrangement proposed.

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`. Here is the final version:

Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company,

Offices. 122, Leadenhall Street.

London. 27 Sept 1860.

Sir,

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 20 inst, stating that the attention of the Secretary of State for the Colonies has been called to the arrangement at present in force by which payment is made to this Company in respect of Contract passages ordered for Colonial Officers from Hong Kong, Ceylon to England, and enquiring, whether the Directors would object to these Officers paying their passage money, at the Contract rate direct to the Company's Agent at the port of embarcation:

In reply, I am desired by the Directors to express their regret that after giving the matter their best consideration, they do not feel themselves in a position to adopt the arrangement proposed.

I have,

Colonial Office

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oreig Offic! The reply to be addressed to The Secretary." 9300 Jenedine 182 Simeone Cylon Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company, RECEIV 28 SEP 1860. Offices. 122, Leadenhall Street. London. 6.27 Sept 1860. Indies 7088... Sir, I have the honor to acknowledg the receipt of your letter of 20 inst, stating that the attention of the Secretary of State for the Colonies has been called to the arrangement at present in force by which payment is made to this Company in respect of Contract passages ordered for Colonial Officers from HongKong, Ceylon to England, and enquiring, whether the Directors would object to these Officers paying their passage money, at the Contract rate direct to the Company's Agent at the port of embarcation: In reply, I am desired by the Directors to express their regret that after giving the matter their best consideration, they do not feel themselves in a position to adopt the arrangement proposed. I have, Colonial Office However, to follow the exact instructions given and to improve the response to fit the required format and rules, here is a more refined version: Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company, Offices. 122, Leadenhall Street. London. 27 Sept 1860. Sir, I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 20 inst, stating that the attention of the Secretary of State for the Colonies has been called to the arrangement at present in force by which payment is made to this Company in respect of Contract passages ordered for Colonial Officers from Hong Kong, Ceylon to England, and enquiring, whether the Directors would object to these Officers paying their passage money, at the Contract rate direct to the Company's Agent at the port of embarcation: In reply, I am desired by the Directors to express their regret that after giving the matter their best consideration, they do not feel themselves in a position to adopt the arrangement proposed. [End of Page] Corrected and formatted according to the given rules, the response should directly output the corrected text in HTML format without markdown or code fences. The initial "oreig", "Offic!", and other unrelated texts are removed as they seem to be OCR errors or unrelated to the main content. "HongKong" is corrected to "Hong Kong". The text is formatted into paragraphs using ``. Here is the final version: Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company, Offices. 122, Leadenhall Street. London. 27 Sept 1860. Sir, I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 20 inst, stating that the attention of the Secretary of State for the Colonies has been called to the arrangement at present in force by which payment is made to this Company in respect of Contract passages ordered for Colonial Officers from Hong Kong, Ceylon to England, and enquiring, whether the Directors would object to these Officers paying their passage money, at the Contract rate direct to the Company's Agent at the port of embarcation: In reply, I am desired by the Directors to express their regret that after giving the matter their best consideration, they do not feel themselves in a position to adopt the arrangement proposed. I have, Colonial Office
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oreig Offic ! The reply to be addressed to The Secretary." 9300 Jenedine 182 Simeone Cylon Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company, RECEIV 28 SEP 1860. Offices. 122, Teadenhall Street. کرنے London. &.627 Sept 1860. Indies 7088... Sir, to the I I have the honor to acknowledg Aar 8806 the receipt of your letter of 20 ter start, stating that the attention of the Secretary of State for the Colonies has been called rgement at present in foice by which payment is made to this Company in respect of Contract passages ordered for Colonial Officers from LongKong, Ceylon to to England, and enquiring, whether the Clericters would object to these Officers paying. their passage money, at the Contract rate dirior to the Company's Agent at the direct port of embarcation: In reply. I am desired by the Directors to express their regret that after giving the matter their best consideration, they do not feel themselves in a position to adopt the arrangement proposed B. Ellioth. Ese, I have, Colonial Office
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oreig

Offic

!

The reply to be addressed to

The Secretary."

9300 Jenedine 182

Simeone

Cylon

Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company,

RECEIV

28 SEP 1860.

Offices. 122, Teadenhall Street.

کرنے

London. &.627 Sept 1860.

Indies

7088...

Sir,

to the

I

I have the honor to acknowledg

Aar

8806 the receipt of your letter of 20 ter start,

stating that the attention of the Secretary of State for the Colonies has been called

rgement at present in foice by which payment is made to this Company in respect of Contract passages ordered for Colonial Officers from LongKong, Ceylon to to England, and enquiring, whether the Clericters would object to these Officers paying.

their passage money, at the Contract rate dirior to the Company's Agent at the

direct

port of embarcation:

In reply. I am desired by the Directors to express their regret that after giving the matter their best consideration, they do not feel themselves in a position to adopt the arrangement proposed B. Ellioth. Ese,

I have,

Colonial Office

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