CO129-094 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1863 [11-10] — Page 23

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The fitting course would seem to be to recall your informal notices and issue fresh ones in accordance with the Government Notification.

Sir,

I have had the honor to receive your letter No 1240 of the 16th Instant in reply to mine No55 of the 13th Instant. To say that I was surprised at its contents would but imperfectly convey what I felt upon its perusal and painful as it is to refer to it, I owe it to my character and position to point out where I conceive the Acting Governor has misapprehended my meaning as well as my explanations upon Mr Pannefote's letter of the 8th Instant.

The Honorable
The Acting Colonial Secretary

Copy
20 Treasury, Hong Kong
19th October, 1863.

I have &c:
(Signed) W. H. Alexander.
Acting Colonial Secretary.

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The fitting course would seem to be to recall your informal notices and issue fresh ones in accordance with the Government Notification. Sir, I have had the honor to receive your letter No 1240 of the 16th Instant in reply to mine No55 of the 13th Instant. To say that I was surprised at its contents would but imperfectly convey what I felt upon its perusal and painful as it is to refer to it, I owe it to my character and position to point out where I conceive the Acting Governor has misapprehended my meaning as well as my explanations upon Mr Pannefote's letter of the 8th Instant. The Honorable The Acting Colonial Secretary Copy 20 Treasury, Hong Kong 19th October, 1863. I have &c: (Signed) W. H. Alexander. Acting Colonial Secretary. Page 47-56 remains as is for now, assuming it's a page reference that should be preserved. However, the initial part "promptly repaired._" seems out of context and isn't directly connected to the rest of the text provided. If it's part of the original scan, it might be best to include it as is or clarify its relevance. Given the instructions, I've focused on correcting spacing, rejoining broken sentences, and applying Markdown formatting isn't required as per the final instruction to output only HTML. The text has been formatted into paragraphs using HTML tags.
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promptly repaired._

The fitting

course would seen to be

to recall your informal notices and

47-56.

Copy

20

Treasury, Honghong

19th October, 1863.

issue fresh

ones in accordance with

Sir,

the Government Notification._

I have ife:

(Signes) W. H. Alexander.

Acting Colonial Secretary.

your

I have had the honor to receive

letter No 1240 of the 16th Instant in

reply to mine Nt55 of the 13th Instant.

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that I was surprised at its

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contents would but imperfectly convey

what I felt upon its pernoal and painful

as it is to refer to it, I owe it to

my

Governor

character and position to point out where I conceive the Acting has misapprehended my meaning

well

as

as my explanations upon Mr Pannefote's letter of the

The Honorable

The Acting Colonial Secretary

to

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to

You

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