CO129-093 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1863 [7-10] — Page 392

V: 193 of 1883

Indorsed on Despatch

of the Corps recently called

on the subject of the Carbines of the Hong Kong Volunteers, Letter from Captain Kane

Authorities.

by order of the Military

2nd September, 1863.

Entered

The Under Secretary

Was thus

Shave

124

126

made a private reference to d. Fallot.

respecting

the

kurky

should be returned to this

matter will be all and to

.caidd No Aus com

messsary

- W. R. 26200 64

Foushong

R 4 r /

390

31 Mar by

Lam ducted by

the Duke of Newcastle. transmit & you for

the

to consideration fail

reference

defrey, and mitt

& gone better of the 4 mist,

Enclosing a

letter from

the Captain of the Hongkong

Volunteers respecting

the

recent recall of the carbines supplied

to that Corps - Lann

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V: 193 of 1883

Indorsed on Despatch

of the Corps recently called on the subject of the Carbines of the Hong Kong Volunteers, Letter from Captain Kane by order of the Military Authorities.

2nd September, 1863.

Entered

The Under Secretary was thus shaved.

124 126 made a private reference to D. Fallot respecting the kurky should be returned to this matter will be all and to .caidd No Aus com messsary - W. R. 26200 64 Foushong R 4 r / 390 31 Mar by Lam ducted by the Duke of Newcastle. transmit & you for the to consideration fail reference defrey, and mitt & gone better of the 4 mist,

Enclosing a letter from the Captain of the Hongkong Volunteers respecting the recent recall of the carbines supplied to that Corps - Lann

Let's correct and reformat it according to the given rules and compact knowledge. ## Step 1: Correct spelling errors and fix spacing issues. The text contains several spelling errors and spacing issues. For example, "Indroure" should be "Indorsed", "Indorsed on Despatch" is correct but "of the Corps recently called" should be connected to the next phrase for clarity, "kurky" is likely a misrecognition and could be "carbines" or another relevant term, "caidd" is unclear, "messsary" should be "messary" or more likely "military secretary", "Foushong" is unclear, "Lam ducted" is likely "conducted by", "defrey" is unclear. ## Step 2: Rejoin broken sentences and restore paragraph breaks. The OCR output has broken sentences and incorrect paragraph breaks. For instance, "of the Corps recently called on the subject of the Carbines of the Hong Kong Volunteers, Letter from Captain Kane Authorities." should be a single sentence or properly punctuated. ## Step 3: Apply Markdown formatting for structure. Since the output format required is HTML, we'll directly apply the necessary HTML tags. ## Step 4: Correct and Refine the Text. Given the original text and applying the corrections:

V: 193 of 1883

Indorsed on Despatch of the Corps recently called on the subject of the Carbines of the Hong Kong Volunteers, Letter from Captain Kane by order of the Military Authorities.

2nd September, 1863.

Entered

The Under Secretary was thus...

124 126 made a private reference to D. Fallot respecting the carbines should be returned to this matter...

A messary - W. R. 26200 64...

31 Mar conducted by the Duke of Newcastle. Transmit to you for consideration...

Enclosing a letter from the Captain of the Hongkong Volunteers respecting the recent recall of the carbines supplied to that Corps.

The final answer is:

V: 193 of 1883

Indorsed on Despatch of the Corps recently called on the subject of the Carbines of the Hong Kong Volunteers, Letter from Captain Kane by order of the Military Authorities.

2nd September, 1863.

Entered

The Under Secretary was thus...

124 126 made a private reference to D. Fallot respecting the carbines should be returned to this matter...

A military secretary - W. R. 26200 64...

31 Mar conducted by the Duke of Newcastle. Transmit to you for consideration...

Enclosing a letter from the Captain of the Hongkong Volunteers respecting the recent recall of the carbines supplied to that Corps.