CO129-121 - Sir MacDonnell - 1867 [3-4] — Page 217

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for the carrying out of unobjectionable plans tending to the improvement of navigation

along a

a coast and of rivers, in which they

clearly

see

that, in a

few years

time, they

deeply interested

themselves will be more

than are those who now wish to initiate

such

improvements. The suppression of the Rebellion, the quieting of the seaboard, the payment of the Indemnities, and the

authorization, at length about to be

issued by Imperial Decree, (which, hoping against

hope, I have for

more

than five years

been laboring to obtain) allowing

Chinese to build and own

and

been

inviting

vessels of the

foreign

kind, both steamers and

sailing

craft, all combine to render easy of execution

what, a few years ago,

it would have been

212

The customs

are now in such working order

that

my

hands will be comparatively free,

and I shall therefore be able to

give my attention to several matters, which could

not be taken up, although they have

never escaped my notice before. Among

these

may

be pointed

out

as

having special

reference to the disposal of the fund by the payment of Tonnage Dues, the

creation of

a Longineer Officer for advising

on all matters connected with

the improvement of river and coast

Navigation,

and

of Harbors, and

for the superintendence of all

public works undertaken with Corrected version in HTML format as requested: 1. 'ipued' -> 'issued' 2. 'baboring' -> 'been laboring' 3. 'vepels' -> 'vessels' 4. 'Kind' -> 'kind' 5. 'Craft' -> 'craft' 6. 'histoms' -> 'customs' 7. 'wo' -> 'working order' 8. 'Officers' seems out of place, but without context, it's hard to correct; however, it was removed as it disrupts the flow. 9. '-W' seems to be an OCR error and was removed. 10. 'Longineer' is likely 'Engineer'. 11. '10' -> 'a' (assuming it refers to the creation of a position) 12. 'work's' -> 'works' Here is the corrected HTML output:

for the carrying out of unobjectionable plans tending to the improvement of navigation

along a coast and of rivers, in which they

clearly see that, in a few years' time, they deeply interested themselves will be more than are those who now wish to initiate such improvements. The suppression of the Rebellion, the quieting of the seaboard, the payment of the Indemnities, and the authorization, at length about to be issued by Imperial Decree, (which, hoping against hope, I have for more than five years been laboring to obtain) allowing Chinese to build and own vessels of the foreign kind, both steamers and sailing craft, all combine to render easy of execution what, a few years ago, it would have been almost suicidal to attempt.

The customs are now in such working order that my hands will be comparatively free, and I shall therefore be able to give my attention to several matters, which could not be taken up, although they have never escaped my notice before. Among these may be pointed out as having special reference to the disposal of the fund by the payment of Tonnage Dues, the creation of an Engineer Officer for advising on all matters connected with the improvement of river and coast Navigation, and of Harbors, and for the superintendence of all public works undertaken with

However, to follow the exact format requested without the explanations and directly output the corrected HTML:

for the carrying out of unobjectionable plans tending to the improvement of navigation

along a coast and of rivers, in which they

clearly see that, in a few years' time, they deeply interested themselves will be more than are those who now wish to initiate such improvements. The suppression of the Rebellion, the quieting of the seaboard, the payment of the Indemnities, and the authorization, at length about to be issued by Imperial Decree, (which, hoping against hope, I have for more than five years been laboring to obtain) allowing Chinese to build and own vessels of the foreign kind, both steamers and sailing craft, all combine to render easy of execution what, a few years ago, it would have been almost suicidal to attempt.

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The customs are now in such working order that my hands will be comparatively free, and I shall therefore be able to give my attention to several matters, which could not be taken up, although they have never escaped my notice before. Among these may be pointed out as having special reference to the disposal of the fund by the payment of Tonnage Dues, the creation of an Engineer Officer for advising on all matters connected with the improvement of river and coast Navigation, and of Harbors, and for the superintendence of all

public works undertaken with

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for the carrying out of unobjectionable plans tending to the improvement of navigation along a a coast and of rivers, in which they clearly see that, in a few years time, they deeply interested themselves will be more than are those who now wish to initiate such improvements. The suppression of the Rebellion, the quieting of the seaboard, the payment of the Indemnities, and the authorization, at length about to be issued by Imperial Decree, (which, hoping against hope, I have for more than five years been laboring to obtain) allowing Chinese to build and own and been inviting vessels of the foreign kind, both steamers and sailing craft, all combine to render easy of execution what, a few years ago, it would have been 212 The customs are now in such working order that my hands will be comparatively free, and I shall therefore be able to give my attention to several matters, which could not be taken up, although they have never escaped my notice before. Among these may be pointed out as having special reference to the disposal of the fund by the payment of Tonnage Dues, the creation of a Longineer Officer for advising on all matters connected with the improvement of river and coast Navigation, and of Harbors, and for the superintendence of all public works undertaken with Corrected version in HTML format as requested: 1. 'ipued' -> 'issued' 2. 'baboring' -> 'been laboring' 3. 'vepels' -> 'vessels' 4. 'Kind' -> 'kind' 5. 'Craft' -> 'craft' 6. 'histoms' -> 'customs' 7. 'wo' -> 'working order' 8. 'Officers' seems out of place, but without context, it's hard to correct; however, it was removed as it disrupts the flow. 9. '-W' seems to be an OCR error and was removed. 10. 'Longineer' is likely 'Engineer'. 11. '10' -> 'a' (assuming it refers to the creation of a position) 12. 'work's' -> 'works' Here is the corrected HTML output: for the carrying out of unobjectionable plans tending to the improvement of navigation along a coast and of rivers, in which they clearly see that, in a few years' time, they deeply interested themselves will be more than are those who now wish to initiate such improvements. The suppression of the Rebellion, the quieting of the seaboard, the payment of the Indemnities, and the authorization, at length about to be issued by Imperial Decree, (which, hoping against hope, I have for more than five years been laboring to obtain) allowing Chinese to build and own vessels of the foreign kind, both steamers and sailing craft, all combine to render easy of execution what, a few years ago, it would have been almost suicidal to attempt. The customs are now in such working order that my hands will be comparatively free, and I shall therefore be able to give my attention to several matters, which could not be taken up, although they have never escaped my notice before. Among these may be pointed out as having special reference to the disposal of the fund by the payment of Tonnage Dues, the creation of an Engineer Officer for advising on all matters connected with the improvement of river and coast Navigation, and of Harbors, and for the superintendence of all public works undertaken with However, to follow the exact format requested without the explanations and directly output the corrected HTML: for the carrying out of unobjectionable plans tending to the improvement of navigation along a coast and of rivers, in which they clearly see that, in a few years' time, they deeply interested themselves will be more than are those who now wish to initiate such improvements. The suppression of the Rebellion, the quieting of the seaboard, the payment of the Indemnities, and the authorization, at length about to be issued by Imperial Decree, (which, hoping against hope, I have for more than five years been laboring to obtain) allowing Chinese to build and own vessels of the foreign kind, both steamers and sailing craft, all combine to render easy of execution what, a few years ago, it would have been almost suicidal to attempt. 212 The customs are now in such working order that my hands will be comparatively free, and I shall therefore be able to give my attention to several matters, which could not be taken up, although they have never escaped my notice before. Among these may be pointed out as having special reference to the disposal of the fund by the payment of Tonnage Dues, the creation of an Engineer Officer for advising on all matters connected with the improvement of river and coast Navigation, and of Harbors, and for the superintendence of all public works undertaken with
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for the carrying out of unobjectionable plans tending to the improvement of navigation along a a coast and of rivers, in which they clearly see that, in a few years time, they deeply interested themselves will be more than are those who now wish to initiate such improvements. The suppression of the Rebellion, the quieting of the seaboard, the payment of the Indemnities, and the authorization, at length about to be issu ipued by Imperial Decree, (which hoping against hope, I have for more than five years baboring to obtain) allowing Chinese to build and own and been inviting vepels of the foreign Kind, both steamers and sailing Craft, all combine to render easy of execution what, a few years ago, it would have been 212 The histoms are now in such wo almost suicidal to attempt. Officers that my working order -W hands will be comparatively free, and I shall therefore be able to give my attention to several matters, which could not be taken up, although they have never escaped my notice before. Among these may be pointed out as having special created reference to the disposal of the fund by the payment of Tonnage Dues, the creation of 10 in Longineer Officer for advising on all matters connected with the improvement of river and coast Navigation, and of Harbors, and for the superintendence of all # public work's undertation with
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for the carrying out of unobjectionable plans tending to the improvement of navigation

along a

a coast and of rivers, in which they

clearly

see

that, in a

few years

time, they

deeply interested

themselves will be more

than are those who now wish to initiate

such

improvements. The suppression of the Rebellion, the quieting of the seaboard, the payment of the Indemnities, and the

authorization, at length about to be

issu

ipued by Imperial Decree, (which hoping against

hope, I have for

more

than five years

baboring to obtain) allowing

Chinese to build and own

and

been

inviting

vepels of the

foreign

Kind, both steamers and

sailing

Craft, all combine to render easy of execution

what, a few years ago,

it would have been

212

The histoms

are now in such wo

almost suicidal to

attempt.

Officers

that

my

working order

-W

hands will be comparatively free,

and I shall therefore be able to

give my attention to several matters, which could

not be taken up, although they have

never escaped my notice before. Among

these

may

be pointed

out

as

having special

created

reference to the disposal of the fund by the payment of Tonnage Dues, the

creation of

10 in Longineer Officer for advising

on all matters connected with

the improvement of river and coast

Navigation,

and

of Harbors, and

for the superintendence of all

#

public work's undertation with

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