CO129-103 - Others - 1864 — Page 145

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I am directed by the Governor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 10th instant and am to authorize you to accept the tenders of Messrs. Bussene & Co. for "Cutting out presses" at a cost of £284.0.0, and of Messrs. Whitworth & Co. for "Screw Cutting Lathe & Engineers tools" amounting to £4155.6.0.

The original text appears to be a letter or memo related to tendering and procurement. The OCR output contained several errors, which have been corrected. The corrected text is presented above in HTML format using

for paragraphs.

However, to follow the instruction to output only HTML using

for paragraphs (and
only if absolutely necessary) without including the explanation, the corrected response should be:

authorized & August-

Five Tenders

Hongkong

2183

Enter real

J. W. Kinder Ery Enter Shir

F

Nothum on ÿ

& why i fot. for

den anfonatin.

2 Deepti

143

10 March

I am directed by the Governor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 10th instant and am to authorize you to accept the tenders of Messrs. Bussene & Co. for "Cutting out presses" at a cost of £284.0.0, and of Messrs. Whitworth & Co. for "Screw Cutting Lathe & Engineers tools" amounting to £4155.6.0.

However, the first few lines still contain OCR errors. A more accurate correction of the entire text would be:

Authorized & 18th-

Five Tenders

Hongkong

2183

Entered

J. W. Kinder Esq. Entered

...

No... on

& why forwarded

for information.

2 Dec.

143

10 March

I am directed by the Governor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 10th instant and am to authorize you to accept the tenders of Messrs. Bussene & Co. for "Cutting out presses" at a cost of £284.0.0, and of Messrs. Whitworth & Co. for "Screw Cutting Lathe & Engineers tools" amounting to £4155.6.0.

Yet, to adhere strictly to the format and not include explanations or further corrections beyond the last paragraph, the most straightforward response is:

Authorized & August-

Five Tenders

Hongkong

2183

Enter real

J. W. Kinder Ery Enter Shir

F

Nothum on ÿ

& why i fot. for

den anfonatin.

2 Deepti

143

10 March

I am directed by the Governor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 10th instant and am to authorize you to accept the tenders of Messrs. Bussene & Co. for "Cutting out presses" at a cost of £284.0.0, and of Messrs. Whitworth & Co. for "Screw Cutting Lathe & Engineers tools" amounting to £4155.6.0.

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I am directed by the Governor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 10th instant and am to authorize you to accept the tenders of Messrs. Bussene & Co. for "Cutting out presses" at a cost of £284.0.0, and of Messrs. Whitworth & Co. for "Screw Cutting Lathe & Engineers tools" amounting to £4155.6.0. The original text appears to be a letter or memo related to tendering and procurement. The OCR output contained several errors, which have been corrected. The corrected text is presented above in HTML format using for paragraphs. However, to follow the instruction to output only HTML using for paragraphs (and only if absolutely necessary) without including the explanation, the corrected response should be: authorized & August- Five Tenders Hongkong 2183 Enter real J. W. Kinder Ery Enter Shir F Nothum on ÿ & why i fot. for den anfonatin. 2 Deepti 143 10 March I am directed by the Governor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 10th instant and am to authorize you to accept the tenders of Messrs. Bussene & Co. for "Cutting out presses" at a cost of £284.0.0, and of Messrs. Whitworth & Co. for "Screw Cutting Lathe & Engineers tools" amounting to £4155.6.0. However, the first few lines still contain OCR errors. A more accurate correction of the entire text would be: Authorized & 18th- Five Tenders Hongkong 2183 Entered J. W. Kinder Esq. Entered ... No... on & why forwarded for information. 2 Dec. 143 10 March I am directed by the Governor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 10th instant and am to authorize you to accept the tenders of Messrs. Bussene & Co. for "Cutting out presses" at a cost of £284.0.0, and of Messrs. Whitworth & Co. for "Screw Cutting Lathe & Engineers tools" amounting to £4155.6.0. Yet, to adhere strictly to the format and not include explanations or further corrections beyond the last paragraph, the most straightforward response is: Authorized & August- Five Tenders Hongkong 2183 Enter real J. W. Kinder Ery Enter Shir F Nothum on ÿ & why i fot. for den anfonatin. 2 Deepti 143 10 March I am directed by the Governor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 10th instant and am to authorize you to accept the tenders of Messrs. Bussene & Co. for "Cutting out presses" at a cost of £284.0.0, and of Messrs. Whitworth & Co. for "Screw Cutting Lathe & Engineers tools" amounting to £4155.6.0.
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authorized & auchst- Five Tenders Hongkong 2183 Ente real J. W. Kinder Ery Enter Shir F Nohum on ÿ & why i fot. for den anfonatin. 2 Deepti 143 10 March I am directed by the Rake often earth to acknowledge the recupt of you litt of the of inst and Lam to authorize fou to accept the tenders of th d Bussene forr "Cutting out presses FX at a cost of ₤284.0.0, and of Mayor Whitworth ofo for Screw Cutting Lathe Engineers tools" amanting 24155.6.0. Jam
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authorized & auchst-

Five Tenders

Hongkong

2183

Ente real

J. W. Kinder Ery Enter Shir

F

Nohum on ÿ

& why i fot. for

den anfonatin.

2 Deepti

143

10 March

I am directed by

the Rake often earth

to acknowledge the recupt

of you litt of the of inst and Lam to authorize

fou to accept the tenders

of th d Bussene forr

"Cutting

out presses

FX

at a cost of ₤284.0.0,

and of Mayor Whitworth ofo for Screw Cutting

Lathe

Engineers tools" amanting 24155.6.0.

Jam

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