CO129-094 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1863 [11-10] — Page 176

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unable to report to it, and asking.

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In 909 27 172 General Post Office, Hongkong the December, 1865.

of them, particulars 02 such other information as will enable you to take definite steps in the matter

I have observed in the Public Prints of the Colony A notice isoned by Ex carr give you further or fuller information than that which I municated to your I held with you an al 24 an intunew the January this lust, and I avail myself of opportunity of comarking that if attention had been giveu to the representations I then made correspondence 622 the subject would have been unnecsony.

I have, So (Signed) P. W. Unitabell, Vesturaster General the subject of the order given to the Officers of the Company's Contrast Packets between Hongkong and Shanghae to refuse to receive letters for transmission

سال کی private in to inform your كم and I desine that I protest against the wording of the notice, and the incompleteness of the concspondeus Thomas Sutherland, Bay-Peninsular and Oriental Steam Huvigation Company-Youghong

However, to follow the exact instructions given and to improve the response to fit the required format and rules: ## Step 1: Understand the task The task involves proofreading OCR output of historical records related to Hong Kong, correcting spelling errors, fixing spacing issues, rejoining broken sentences, restoring paragraph breaks, and formatting in Markdown. ## Step 2: Identify the issues in the given text The text contains OCR errors, including spelling mistakes, incorrect spacing, and potentially broken sentences or paragraphs. ## Step 3: Correct spelling errors and spacing issues Correcting "ستے میں سجا کی کی" to a sensible text is not feasible without understanding its context or the language it's supposed to be in. "unable to report to it, and asking." seems mostly correct but could be part of a larger sentence. "0.2 put 10 jog give asking me to you some due to those who take dinge" appears to be nonsensical and likely contains multiple OCR errors. "In 909 27 172 General Post Office, Hongkong the December, 1865." should likely be "In 1869 or another plausible year, 27 General Post Office, Hongkong, the [correct month], 1865." However, without clear context, precise corrections are challenging. ## Step 4: Rejoin broken sentences and restore paragraph breaks The text appears to be disjointed. For example, "of them, particulars 02 such other information as will enable you to take definite steps in the matter" could be a continuation of a previous sentence. ## Step 5: Format in Markdown and apply specific rules Given the disjointed nature and the presence of non-English text, a direct correction is challenging. However, the text should be formatted into paragraphs and corrected for obvious errors. ## Step 6: Output in HTML as per the final instruction Despite the detailed steps for Markdown, the final output format required is HTML using `

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Unable to report to it, and asking.

0.2 put 10 jog give asking me to you some due to those who take dinge

In 1869 27 172 General Post Office, Hongkong, December 1865.

Of them, particulars and such other information as will enable you to take definite steps in the matter.

I have observed in the Public Prints of the Colony a notice issued by... giving you further or fuller information than that which I communicated to you. I held with you an interview on the 24th instant, and I avail myself of the opportunity of remarking that if attention had been given to the representations I then made, correspondence on the subject would have been unnecessary.

I have, &c., (Signed) P. W. L[?], Postmaster General.

The subject of the order given to the Officers of the Company's Contract Packets between Hongkong and Shanghae to refuse to receive letters for transmission privately.

And I desire to inform you that I protest against the wording of the notice, and the incompleteness of the correspondence. Thomas Sutherland, Chairman, Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, Hongkong.