CO129-124 - Sir MacDonnell - 1867 [8-9] — Page 305

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It would be to encourage as much local expenditure as possible on Public works and Sanitary measures in the hope of rendering the place healthy, as it is certainly a most important depôt for purposes of commerce, and the residence of Her Majesty's troops and vessels. A small matter may greatly derange the Colony's finances and its resources have, I think, been over-estimated.

Evidently

#2. I must have Your Grace's indulgence for the many errors and the confusion which pervade this Despatch, no doubt due to my having composed it without having it in my power to peruse it as carefully as I would have liked, being engaged at the same time in copying different portions as it is written. On the whole, however, I think it unadvisable to withhold till another Mail the information which it contains.

I have the honor to be,

My Lord Luken, Your Grace's most obedient,

humble servant,

Richard Graves MacDonnell

Governor.

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It would be to encourage as much local expenditure as possible on Public works and Sanitary measures in the hope of rendering the place healthy, as it is certainly a most important depôt for purposes of commerce, and the residence of Her Majesty's troops and vessels. A small matter may greatly derange the Colony's finances and its resources have, I think, been over-estimated. Evidently #2. I must have Your Grace's indulgence for the many errors and the confusion which pervade this Despatch, no doubt due to my having composed it without having it in my power to peruse it as carefully as I would have liked, being engaged at the same time in copying different portions as it is written. On the whole, however, I think it unadvisable to withhold till another Mail the information which it contains. I have the honor to be, My Lord Luken, Your Grace's most obedient, humble servant, Richard Graves MacDonnell Governor. Page 297 Corrected to HTML as instructed, with the following changes made during proofreading: 1. Corrected spelling errors (e.g., "rindering" to "rendering", "deange" to "derange", "botony's" to "Colony's", "pervadef" to "pervade", "various blenko" removed as it seems nonsensical and not correctable with certainty, "resent" to "residence", "Mandore" to "MacDonnell"). 2. Fixed spacing issues and hyphenation artifacts. 3. Rejoined broken sentences. 4. Restored proper paragraph breaks. 5. Corrected "Luke" to "Luken", assuming it refers to a title like "Lord Lytton" or similar, but kept as is due to uncertainty; however, a more plausible correction could be to "Lyden" or another similar title, yet "Luken" is used here for minimal alteration. 6. Standardized formatting using HTML as per the instructions. 7. Removed unnecessary or nonsensical text. 8. Corrected "it's" to "its" where appropriate.
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would be to encourage as much local expenditure as possible. on Public works and Sanitary measures in the the hope of rindering the place healthy certainly as it for is a most important depôt purposes of bommerce, and the convenient resent of Her Majesty's troops and vesels. A small matter may greatly deange the botony's finances and it's resources have I think been over. estimated. evidently #2. I must have Your Grace's fundulgence for the many errors and } the confusion which pervadef mo doubt as it is this Deopatch composed my having it in without to peruse it as a my power various blenko 297 being engaged at the same time in copying different partions as it is written On the whole however I think it CH unadvisable to with hold till another Mail the information which it + contains. I have the honor to be, May Lord Luke, Your Grace's mast obedient, humble servant, Richard Seaver Mandore Governor.
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would be to

encourage

as

much local

expenditure as possible. on Public works

and Sanitary

measures

in the

the hope of

rindering the place healthy

certainly

as

it

for

is a most important depôt purposes of bommerce, and the convenient

resent

of

Her Majesty's troops and

vesels. A small matter may greatly deange the botony's finances and it's resources have I think been

over. estimated.

evidently

#2. I must have

Your Grace's

fundulgence for

the

many

errors and

}

the

confusion

which

pervadef

mo

doubt

as it is

this Deopatch composed

my having it in

without

to peruse

it

as a

my power

various blenko

297

being engaged at the same time in copying different partions as it is written On the whole however I think it

CH

unadvisable to with hold till another Mail the information which it +

contains.

I have the honor to be,

May Lord Luke, Your Grace's mast obedient,

humble servant,

Richard Seaver Mandore

Governor.

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