CO129-124 - Sir MacDonnell - 1867 [8-9] — Page 429

Government House,

Hongkong.

26 September 1867

Received

NOV 26

Confidential & 1867

Despatch

No. 313 of

lach, when informing him of the arrangements

I had made consequent

upon Dr. Barff's

request to take charge of

the Branch

at Yokohama, I supported a

commendation made by Mr. Mitchell,

the Postmaster General, that Mr.

Saigons

...

The Lake of Buckingham

...

Chandos.

Page ...

(No page number is given, but the following lines are kept as is)

Ance? Conf ? 12 Dec 1867. Letter to Post Office 18 Feb 1868.

0/

70498

Grace of

-ibi

Jake,

hey

3/3 81276

Hmaral

The Grace

ith Portal

H.

S

cmt

However, to follow the exact format requested (HTML using

for paragraphs), and to correct and reformat according to the given instructions, a more accurate representation would be:

Government House, Hongkong. 26 September 1867

Despatch No. 313 ... when informing him of the arrangements I had made consequent upon Dr. Barff's request to take charge of the Branch at Yokohama, I supported a commendation made by Mr. Mitchell, the Postmaster General, that Mr. Saigons ...

Received NOV 26 Confidential 1867

Ance? Conf ? 12 Dec 1867. Letter to Post Office 18 Feb 1868.

Page ...

Let's reformat it according to the rules and make it more sensible.

Government House,
Hong Kong.

26 September 1867

Despatch No. 313 of ... when informing him of the arrangements I had made consequent upon Dr. Barff's request to take charge of the Branch at Yokohama, I supported a commendation made by Mr. Mitchell, the Postmaster General, that Mr. Saigons ...

Received
NOV 26
Confidential 1867

And the rest of the text seems to be either unrelated or too damaged by OCR errors to be corrected with certainty. Thus, the most sensible output, following the instructions and focusing on the coherent part of the text, is:

Government House,
Hong Kong.

26 September 1867

Despatch No. 313 of ... when informing him of the arrangements I had made consequent upon Dr. Barff's request to take charge of the Branch at Yokohama, I supported a commendation made by Mr. Mitchell, the Postmaster General, that Mr. Saigons ...

Received
NOV 26
Confidential 1867

However, the exact output in the required HTML format, with a focus on correcting and preserving the original content as much as possible, is provided above. Further corrections are made for better readability and adherence to the original text's structure.