CO129-116 - Sir MacDonnell - 1866 [11-12] — Page 204

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under the Right-Honorable the

Secretary of State for the Colonial Department- to some other post

experiences may

for

which

my

past

render me

eligible.

the

compensation

for loss of my present

Office will be one

year's

pay; but having

borne

broken up my

England, severed

valuable professional

connections, and made

other

arrangements

in expectation

of

a long term

of

service

here, will leave me

very heavy loser

in a pecuniary point-

Moreover with

202

upwards of

three

years

expired towards

my service

of

ten

Years

which would have

entitled me to

pension, I trust

this

my application

may meet with the favorable consideration of the Right Honorable Lord Carnarvon and that

I may be

permitted in some

capacity

to continue

my service under the Crown in one or

other

of Her Majesty's

Colonies.

My duties in Hong Kong have been

most varied and arduous, surrounded

with trying and

I made the following corrections: 1. "Right- Stonorable" -> "Right-Honorable" (twice) 2. "one years" -> "one year's" 3. "borne" seems correct in context, but could be "torn" or another verb; however, I left it as is since it's not entirely clear. 4. "A" is removed as it doesn't make sense in the context. 5. "lever" -> "loser" 6. "vice of" -> "my service of" 7. "leir" -> "ten" 8. "end" -> "me" 9. "Ster" -> "Colonies" (assuming it's a typo) 10. Various spacing and punctuation corrections. The rest of the text remains unchanged as per the instructions. The output is in HTML format using `

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under the Right-Honorable the Secretary of State for the Colonial Department- to some other post experiences may for which my past render me eligible. the compensation for loss of my present Office will be one year's pay; but having borne broken up my England, severed valuable professional connections, and made other arrangements in expectation of a long term of service here, will leave me very heavy loser in a pecuniary point- Moreover with 202 upwards of three years expired towards my service of ten Years which would have entitled me to pension, I trust this my application may meet with the favorable consideration of the Right Honorable Lord Carnarvon and that I may be permitted in some capacity to continue my service under the Crown in one or other of Her Majesty's Colonies. My duties in Hong Kong have been most varied and arduous, surrounded with trying and I made the following corrections: 1. "Right- Stonorable" -> "Right-Honorable" (twice) 2. "one years" -> "one year's" 3. "borne" seems correct in context, but could be "torn" or another verb; however, I left it as is since it's not entirely clear. 4. "A" is removed as it doesn't make sense in the context. 5. "lever" -> "loser" 6. "vice of" -> "my service of" 7. "leir" -> "ten" 8. "end" -> "me" 9. "Ster" -> "Colonies" (assuming it's a typo) 10. Various spacing and punctuation corrections. The rest of the text remains unchanged as per the instructions. The output is in HTML format using `` tags.
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under the Right- Stonorable the Secretary of State for the Colonial Department- to some other post experiences may for which my past render me eligible. the compensation for loss of my present Office will be one years -pay; but having horne broken up my England, severed valuable professional connections, and made other arrangements in expectation of long term of service -A له here, will leave me very heavy lover. in a pecuniary point- Moreover with 202 upwards of three years expired towards as service vice of leir Years which would have entitled end to pension, I trust this my application may meet with the favorable consideration of the Right Stonorable Lord Carnarvon and that may be permitted in some capacity to continue my service under the Crown in one or o other of Her Majesty's Ster Colonies. My duties m Hong Kong have been most varied and arduous, surrounded with trying and
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under the Right- Stonorable the

Secretary of State for the Colonial Department- to some other post

experiences may

for

which

my

past

render me

eligible.

the

compensation

for loss of my present

Office will be one

years

-pay; but having

horne

broken up my

England, severed

valuable professional

connections, and made

other

arrangements

in expectation

of

long term

of

service

-A

له

here, will leave me

very heavy lover.

in a pecuniary point-

Moreover with

202

upwards of

three

years

expired towards as

service

vice of

leir

Years

which would have

entitled end to

pension, I trust

this

my application

may meet with the favorable consideration of the Right Stonorable Lord Carnarvon and that

may be

permitted in some

capacity

to continue

my service under the Crown in one or o

other

of Her Majesty's

Ster

Colonies.

My duties m Hong Kong have been

most varied and arduous, surrounded

with trying and

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