CO129-121 - Sir MacDonnell - 1867 [3-4] — Page 208

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may

of funds to the purpose of lighting the Cast do towards ensuring against the few dangers that do exist, it said to have for it's may almost be object the convenience of Navigators rather than the security of property life and at sea.

The alarming proportions at one time assumed by the Taeping movement, increased the difficulty of providing funds for the payment of the troops in this lightly taxed Country, and the Government had therefore, to avail itself of the bulk of the monies, which known to Europeans by the name of tonnage Dues, and held by them to form a special fund for the carrying out of such public works as increased facilities to Coast and River navigation, had never before been looked upon by the Chinese in any other light than forming a branch of revenue for the support of the state derived from Ships.

Since the capture of Nanking, it has gradually become less necessary to divert any portion of the Tonnage Dues from the purposes for which foreigners hold they ought to be set apart, and the termination of the large payments made from the most reliable Source of revenue, the Customs as administered by foreigners England, France, and the United States, on account of Indemnities to may be said to have completely freed the fund in question from all calls for the supply of deficiencies elsewhere.

These points premised - a coast whose natural disadvantages have been so

# Step-by-step analysis of the problem: 1. **Reorder and reformat the text**: The original text appears to be jumbled and contains multiple instances of "may" and other disconnected phrases. The first step is to reorder the text into coherent paragraphs. 2. **Correct spelling errors**: Upon closer inspection, there are several spelling errors, such as "Cast" instead of "Coast", "wreks" instead of "works", "tweed" instead of "taxed", "Ques" instead of "Dues", "brunch" instead of "branch", "cupture" instead of "capture", and "disa" instead of "disadvantages". 3. **Fix spacing issues**: There are extra spaces and missing spaces throughout the text, which need to be corrected. 4. **Rejoin broken sentences**: Some sentences are split across lines or paragraphs, and need to be rejoined. 5. **Restore paragraph breaks**: The text appears to be a single block, and paragraph breaks need to be restored. # Fixed solution:

203

May

of funds to the purpose of lighting the Coast do towards ensuring against the few dangers that do exist, it is said to have for its object the convenience of Navigators rather than the security of property, life, and at sea.

The alarming proportions at one time assumed by the Taeping movement increased the difficulty of providing funds for the payment of the troops in this lightly taxed Country, and the Government had therefore to avail itself of the bulk of the monies, which are known to Europeans by the name of Tonnage Dues, and held by them to form a special fund for the carrying out of such public works as increased facilities to Coast and River navigation, had never before been looked upon by the Chinese in any other light than forming a branch of revenue for the support of the state derived from Ships.

Since the capture of Nanking, it has gradually become less necessary to divert any portion of the Tonnage Dues from the purposes for which foreigners hold they ought to be set apart, and the termination of the large payments made from the most reliable Source of revenue, the Customs as administered by foreigners - England, France, and the United States - on account of Indemnities, may be said to have completely freed the fund in question from all calls for the supply of deficiencies elsewhere.

These points premised - a coast whose natural disadvantages have been so

# Explanation of changes: * Reordered and reformatted the text into coherent paragraphs. * Corrected spelling errors, such as "Cast" to "Coast", "wreks" to "works", "tweed" to "taxed", "Ques" to "Dues", "brunch" to "branch", "cupture" to "capture", and "disa" to "disadvantages". * Fixed spacing issues by removing extra spaces and adding missing spaces. * Rejoined broken sentences. * Restored paragraph breaks. # Tests and example uses: The corrected text is now in a readable format, with correct spelling, spacing, and paragraph breaks. The text can be used for further analysis or processing.

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203 may of funds to the purpose of lighting the Cast do towards ensuring against the few dangers that do exist, it said to have for it's may almost be object the convenience of Navigators rather than the security of property life and at sea. The alarming proportions at one time assumed by the Taeping movement, increased the difficulty of providing funds for the payment of the troops in this lightly taxed Country, and the Government had therefore, to avail itself of the bulk of the monies, which known to Europeans by the name of tonnage Dues, and held by them to form a special fund for the carrying out of such public works as increased facilities to Coast and River navigation, had never before been looked upon by the Chinese in any other light than forming a branch of revenue for the support of the state derived from Ships. Since the capture of Nanking, it has gradually become less necessary to divert any portion of the Tonnage Dues from the purposes for which foreigners hold they ought to be set apart, and the termination of the large payments made from the most reliable Source of revenue, the Customs as administered by foreigners England, France, and the United States, on account of Indemnities to may be said to have completely freed the fund in question from all calls for the supply of deficiencies elsewhere. These points premised - a coast whose natural disadvantages have been so # Step-by-step analysis of the problem: 1. **Reorder and reformat the text**: The original text appears to be jumbled and contains multiple instances of "may" and other disconnected phrases. The first step is to reorder the text into coherent paragraphs. 2. **Correct spelling errors**: Upon closer inspection, there are several spelling errors, such as "Cast" instead of "Coast", "wreks" instead of "works", "tweed" instead of "taxed", "Ques" instead of "Dues", "brunch" instead of "branch", "cupture" instead of "capture", and "disa" instead of "disadvantages". 3. **Fix spacing issues**: There are extra spaces and missing spaces throughout the text, which need to be corrected. 4. **Rejoin broken sentences**: Some sentences are split across lines or paragraphs, and need to be rejoined. 5. **Restore paragraph breaks**: The text appears to be a single block, and paragraph breaks need to be restored. # Fixed solution: 203 May of funds to the purpose of lighting the Coast do towards ensuring against the few dangers that do exist, it is said to have for its object the convenience of Navigators rather than the security of property, life, and at sea. The alarming proportions at one time assumed by the Taeping movement increased the difficulty of providing funds for the payment of the troops in this lightly taxed Country, and the Government had therefore to avail itself of the bulk of the monies, which are known to Europeans by the name of Tonnage Dues, and held by them to form a special fund for the carrying out of such public works as increased facilities to Coast and River navigation, had never before been looked upon by the Chinese in any other light than forming a branch of revenue for the support of the state derived from Ships. Since the capture of Nanking, it has gradually become less necessary to divert any portion of the Tonnage Dues from the purposes for which foreigners hold they ought to be set apart, and the termination of the large payments made from the most reliable Source of revenue, the Customs as administered by foreigners - England, France, and the United States - on account of Indemnities, may be said to have completely freed the fund in question from all calls for the supply of deficiencies elsewhere. These points premised - a coast whose natural disadvantages have been so # Explanation of changes: * Reordered and reformatted the text into coherent paragraphs. * Corrected spelling errors, such as "Cast" to "Coast", "wreks" to "works", "tweed" to "taxed", "Ques" to "Dues", "brunch" to "branch", "cupture" to "capture", and "disa" to "disadvantages". * Fixed spacing issues by removing extra spaces and adding missing spaces. * Rejoined broken sentences. * Restored paragraph breaks. # Tests and example uses: The corrected text is now in a readable format, with correct spelling, spacing, and paragraph breaks. The text can be used for further analysis or processing.
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203 may of funds to the purpose of lighting the Cast do towards ensuring against the few dangers that do exist, it said to have for it's may almost be object the convenience of Navigators rather than the security of property life and at sea. The alarming proportions at one time one assumed by the Taeping movement, increased the difficulty of providing funds for the payment taxed. I of the troops in this lightly tweed Country, and the Government had therefore, to avail itself of the bulk of the monies, which known to Europeans by the name of tonnage Ques", and held by them to form a special fund for the carrying out of such public wrks should as increased facilities to Coast and give in River navigation, had mever before been # looked upon by the Chinese in light than دلت any other forming a brunch of revenue for the support of the state derived from Since the cupture of Nunting, it Ships. has gradually become less necesary to divert amy portion of the Tonnage Dues from the purposes for which foreigners hold they ought to be set apart, and the termination of the large payments made from the most reliable Source of revenue, the Customs as administered by foreigners England, France, and the United States, on account of Indemnities to may be said to have completely freed the fund in question from all calls for the # supply of deficiencies elsewhere. These points premised - a coast whose natural disa disadvantages have been so
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203

may

of funds to the purpose of lighting the Cast

do towards ensuring against the few dangers that do exist, it

said to have for it's

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almost be

object

the

convenience

of Navigators rather than the security of

property

life and

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taxed.

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special fund

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purposes for which foreigners hold they ought to be set apart, and the termination of the large payments made from the most reliable Source of revenue,

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