CO129-120 - Sir MacDonnell - 1867 [1-2] — Page 77

75

and conveying

the duty of enlisting and

to Wongsongs

His Excellency is writing by this Ost to the Governor General of India to inform him of his wish to obtain

your suvius at Hongstong without prejudice. if possible, to your future pronation under

the Indian Government, and requesting

that service here

may

count

in

your

favor for promotion in the Omjoub

It is havww very probable that

Police hereafter.

this request may comply with, and

be

you

are

imposible to

will then have to

consider whether the prospect of $400 per

here with Quarters offers

sufficient inducement for abandoning

a)

your career in India.

Presuming that

you

will decide

canning hee I have to inform you

that Sir Richard Graves

MacDonnell has

al le

also requested the Governor Genual

Canot

authority to be

eulist men

given

from the Leish force without

insisting on the latter giving the verral.

live months' notice.

In

any

case and whether ther

le

of the requests made by this Excellency to

the

Governor Ganual be complied with,

it is desirable that

you

should with

live delay as possible enlist

nu

Wundred and len men

Hindud

including

as far as prepible only barived men -

will

up

in Police duties, and should

However, to follow the instructions more closely and improve readability, here is a revised version in Markdown format with some corrections and adjustments for spacing and spelling: # 75 and conveying the duty of enlisting and to Wongsongs His Excellency is writing by this OCS to the Governor General of India to inform him of his wish to obtain your services at Hongkong without prejudice, if possible, to your future promotion under the Indian Government, and requesting that service here may count in your favor for promotion in the Omjoub It is very probable that Police hereafter. this request may comply with, and be you are impossible to will then have to consider whether the prospect of $400 per annum here with Quarters offers sufficient inducement for abandoning your career in India. Presuming that you will decide canning here I have to inform you that Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell has also requested the Governor General authority to be enlist men given from the Leish force without insisting on the latter giving the verbal... live months' notice. In any case and whether the requests made by this Excellency to the Governor General be complied with, it is desirable that you should with little delay as possible enlist one hundred and ten men Hindus including as far as possible only barived men - will up in Police duties, and should... And here is the HTML version as requested:

75

and conveying
the duty of enlisting and
to Wongsongs

His Excellency is writing by this OCS to the Governor General of India to inform him of his wish to obtain
your services at Hongkong without prejudice, if possible, to your future promotion under
the Indian Government, and requesting
that service here
may count
in your favor for promotion in the Omjoub

It is very probable that
Police hereafter.
this request may comply with, and
be
you
are
impossible to
will then have to
consider whether the prospect of $400 per annum here with Quarters offers
sufficient inducement for abandoning
your career in India.

Presuming that
you
will decide
canning here I have to inform you
that Sir Richard Graves
MacDonnell has
also requested the Governor General
authority to be
enlist men
given
from the Leish force without
insisting on the latter giving the verbal... live months' notice.

In any case and whether the
requests made by this Excellency to
the Governor General be complied with,
it is desirable that
you
should with
little delay as possible enlist
one hundred and ten men
Hindus
including
as far as possible only barived men -
will
up
in Police duties, and should