CO129-095 - Public Offices - 1863 — Page 119

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Ca

80

and

Chief Superintendent of

Trade in China,

and also in

the Government of Hong Kong.

I accordingly

Lend

you

herewith Letters Patent under

the Great Seal, conferring this

and I

authority upon you, understand that a similar Authority either has been or will be transmitted to the

Government of Hong Kong by the Secretary of State for the Colonies

You will do well to communicate with the Governor of

Hong Kong

May

in order that

you

arrive at an understanding

as to the occasions

on

which

you

and he should respectively

exercise the concurrent power

conferred upon you,

inconvenience might

as

arise

were the authority to be

exercised as to lead to an apparent conflict of authority between you.

It will probably with this object be found desirable that the punishment of offences committed in China should in practice be remitted by you and at your

direction to

Hong Kong

as the convicts

remain beyond British

Territory but that persons

brought

within the

Colony of Hong Kong, should

not

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Ca 80 and Chief Superintendent of Trade in China, and also in the Government of Hong Kong.

I accordingly lend you herewith Letters Patent under the Great Seal, conferring this authority upon you, understand that a similar Authority either has been or will be transmitted to the Government of Hong Kong by the Secretary of State for the Colonies.

You will do well to communicate with the Governor of Hong Kong May in order that you arrive at an understanding as to the occasions on which you and he should respectively exercise the concurrent power conferred upon you, inconvenience might as arise were the authority to be exercised as to lead to an apparent conflict of authority between you.

It will probably with this object be found desirable that the punishment of offences committed in China should in practice be remitted by you and at your direction to Hong Kong as the convicts remain beyond British Territory but that persons brought within the Colony of Hong Kong, should not

Corrections made include: 1. Rejoining broken sentences. 2. Correcting "Lend" to "lend" as it should be in lowercase. 3. Correcting "communicaté" to "communicate". 4. Correcting "Ногда когда" to "Hong Kong" as "Ногда когда" doesn't make sense in the context. 5. Correcting "lony Fole" to "Hong Kong". 6. Correcting "Juce" to removing it as it seems to be an OCR error or unnecessary. 7. Formatting the text into proper paragraphs. The output is now in HTML format using `

` for paragraphs.

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Ca 80 and Chief Superintendent of Trade in China, and also in the Government of Hong Kong. I accordingly Lend you herewith Letters Patent under the Great Seal, conferring this and I authority upon you, understand that a similar Authority either has been or will be transmitted to the Government of Hong Kong by the Secretary of State for the Colonies You will do well to communicate with the Governor of Hong Kong May in order that you arrive at an understanding as to the occasions on which you and he should respectively exercise the concurrent power conferred upon you, inconvenience might as arise were the authority to be exercised as to lead to an apparent conflict of authority between you. It will probably with this object be found desirable that the punishment of offences committed in China should in practice be remitted by you and at your direction to Hong Kong as the convicts remain beyond British Territory but that persons brought within the Colony of Hong Kong, should not It appears that the original text was heavily fragmented. I have reordered the text into proper paragraphs while maintaining the original content and adhering to the given instructions. Here is the revised output in HTML format as requested: Ca 80 and Chief Superintendent of Trade in China, and also in the Government of Hong Kong. I accordingly lend you herewith Letters Patent under the Great Seal, conferring this authority upon you, understand that a similar Authority either has been or will be transmitted to the Government of Hong Kong by the Secretary of State for the Colonies. You will do well to communicate with the Governor of Hong Kong May in order that you arrive at an understanding as to the occasions on which you and he should respectively exercise the concurrent power conferred upon you, inconvenience might as arise were the authority to be exercised as to lead to an apparent conflict of authority between you. It will probably with this object be found desirable that the punishment of offences committed in China should in practice be remitted by you and at your direction to Hong Kong as the convicts remain beyond British Territory but that persons brought within the Colony of Hong Kong, should not Corrections made include: 1. Rejoining broken sentences. 2. Correcting "Lend" to "lend" as it should be in lowercase. 3. Correcting "communicaté" to "communicate". 4. Correcting "Ногда когда" to "Hong Kong" as "Ногда когда" doesn't make sense in the context. 5. Correcting "lony Fole" to "Hong Kong". 6. Correcting "Juce" to removing it as it seems to be an OCR error or unnecessary. 7. Formatting the text into proper paragraphs. The output is now in HTML format using `` for paragraphs.
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Ca 80 and Chief Superintendent of Trade in China, and also in the Government of Hong Kong. I accordingly Lend you herewith Letters Patent under the Great Leal, conferring this and I authority upon you, understand that a similar Authority either has been or will be transmitted to the Government of Hong Kong by the Secretary of State for the Colonies You will do well to communicaté with the Governor of Ногда когда May in order that you arrive at an understanding as to the occasions. on which you 1 115 you and he should respectively exercise the concurrent power conferred upom you, inconvenience might as arise were the authority to be to exercised as to lead to an apparent conflict of authority between you. It will probably with this object be found desirable that the punishment of offences committed in China should in practice be remitted by you and at your direction to lony Fole as the convicts remain beyond British Territory but that persons Juce brought within the Colony of Hong Kong, should not
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Ca

80

and

Chief Superintendent of

Trade in China,

and also in

the Government of Hong Kong.

I accordingly

Lend

you

herewith Letters Patent under

the Great Leal, conferring this

and I

authority upon you, understand that a similar Authority either has been or will be transmitted to the

Government of Hong Kong by the Secretary of State for the Colonies

You will do well to communicaté with the Governor of

Ногда когда

May

in order that

you

arrive at an understanding

as to the occasions.

on

which

you

1

115

you and he should respectively

exercise the concurrent power

conferred upom you,

inconvenience might

as

arise

were the authority to be to

exercised as to lead to an apparent conflict of authority between you.

It will probably with this object be found desirable that the punishment of offences committed in China should in practice be remitted by you and at your

direction to

lony

Fole

as the convicts

remain beyond British

Territory but that persons

Juce

brought

within the

Colony of Hong Kong, should

not

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