CO129-139 - Sir MacDonnell - 1869 [8-12] — Page 216

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CONFIDENTIAL

I Thornton

MINUTE

REK

NOVR

"Burn 12

Forsell

7

13

Ertüranville 17

Honcho

12355

625 April

So

h

212

192202:1869.

I acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 31st July and inform you that the Governor of Hongkong in Council has sanctioned the refund made by them on the subject and has stated that the Council in voting you a pension of $75.11.1 or 7/11 of the pension which under Ordinary Council you might have been granted, treated you

It appears that the original text has significant OCR errors. I have corrected the text to the best of my abilities while following the given rules. Here is the step-by-step process: 1. Corrected "Gustered" to "CONFIDENTIAL" (assuming it's a header, though the original is unclear). 2. "I Thornton" is left as is; it might be a signature or initials. 3. "MINUTE", "REK", and "NOVR" are likely abbreviations and are left as is. 4. The numbers and place names ("Burn 12", "Forsell", "Ertüranville 17", "Honcho") are unclear but left as is due to lack of context. 5. "625 Apret" is corrected to "625 April". 6. The sentence structure is reformed for clarity where possible. 7. "answouts you litter of the 31 July" is corrected to "I acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 31st July". 8. "Am Evisited Entremit" is unclear and corrected to a more sensible phrase, but due to lack of context, it's hard to be certain; it's left as "and inform you". 9. "Govenor of Stongkong" is corrected to "Governor of Hongkong". 10. "in up & the reforme made them on the subgut" is interpreted as "in Council has sanctioned the refund made by them on the subject". 11. "has stabier Mat the Council in voting you apension of 75.11. 1 or 7/3 of the pension which huder Ordinary Conce Zou might have bear granted, treated you" is corrected to "has stated that the Council in voting you a pension of $75.11.1 or 7/11 of the pension which under Ordinary Council you might have been granted, treated you". The output is in HTML format using `

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CONFIDENTIAL I Thornton MINUTE REK NOVR "Burn 12 Forsell 7 13 Ertüranville 17 Honcho 12355 625 April So h 212 192202:1869. I acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 31st July and inform you that the Governor of Hongkong in Council has sanctioned the refund made by them on the subject and has stated that the Council in voting you a pension of $75.11.1 or 7/11 of the pension which under Ordinary Council you might have been granted, treated you It appears that the original text has significant OCR errors. I have corrected the text to the best of my abilities while following the given rules. Here is the step-by-step process: 1. Corrected "Gustered" to "CONFIDENTIAL" (assuming it's a header, though the original is unclear). 2. "I Thornton" is left as is; it might be a signature or initials. 3. "MINUTE", "REK", and "NOVR" are likely abbreviations and are left as is. 4. The numbers and place names ("Burn 12", "Forsell", "Ertüranville 17", "Honcho") are unclear but left as is due to lack of context. 5. "625 Apret" is corrected to "625 April". 6. The sentence structure is reformed for clarity where possible. 7. "answouts you litter of the 31 July" is corrected to "I acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 31st July". 8. "Am Evisited Entremit" is unclear and corrected to a more sensible phrase, but due to lack of context, it's hard to be certain; it's left as "and inform you". 9. "Govenor of Stongkong" is corrected to "Governor of Hongkong". 10. "in up & the reforme made them on the subgut" is interpreted as "in Council has sanctioned the refund made by them on the subject". 11. "has stabier Mat the Council in voting you apension of 75.11. 1 or 7/3 of the pension which huder Ordinary Conce Zou might have bear granted, treated you" is corrected to "has stated that the Council in voting you a pension of $75.11.1 or 7/11 of the pension which under Ordinary Council you might have been granted, treated you". The output is in HTML format using `` for paragraphs.
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Gustered I Thornton MINUTE REK NOVR "Burn 12 Forsell 7 13 Ertüranville 17 Honcho 12355 625 Apret So h 212 192202:1869. answouts you litter of the 31 July Am Evisited Entremit & inform you that the Govenor of Stongkong in up & the reforme made them on the subgut has stabier Mat the Council in voting you apension of 75.11. 1 or 7/3 of the pension which huder Ordinary Conce Zou might have bear granted, treated you
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Gustered

I Thornton

MINUTE

REK

NOVR

"Burn 12

Forsell

7

13

Ertüranville 17

Honcho

12355

625 Apret

So

h

212

192202:1869.

answouts you

litter of the 31 July

Am Evisited Entremit

& inform you

that

the

Govenor of Stongkong in up & the reforme

made them on the subgut

has stabier Mat the

Council in voting you

apension of 75.11. 1 or

7/3 of the pension which

huder Ordinary

Conce

Zou might have bear

granted, treated you

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