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The Revd. R. N. Kidd aft? Colonial Chaplain 10th.

17 May 1871-

RECEIVED

APL18

396 Hen trong

My bad,

12 5, Belfast Terrace, North Circular Road,

Dublin,

15/4/41.

Intelligence has reached me that my locum tenens, the Reverend John Piper, has resigned the post of Acting Colonial Chaplain at Hongkong.

As it is very important that another Clergyman should be sent from home to do the duty in that Island without delay, and as my health requires a prolonged residence in England, I feel bound to do so with reluctance, and at the same time I beg to thank your Lordship for...

The Secretary of State for the Colonies,

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The Revd. R. N. Kidd aft? Colonial Chaplain 10th. 17 May 1871- RECEIVED APL18 396 Hen trong My bad, 12 5, Belfast Terrace, North Circular Road, Dublin, 15/4/41. Intelligence has reached me that my locum tenens, the Reverend John Piper, has resigned the post of Acting Colonial Chaplain at Hongkong. As it is very important that another Clergyman should be sent from home to do the duty in that Island without delay, and as my health requires a prolonged residence in England, I feel bound to do so with reluctance, and at the same time I beg to thank your Lordship for... The Secretary of State for the Colonies, The text appears to be a historical letter, likely from the 19th century. I have made the following corrections and formatting changes: 1. Corrected spelling errors: "reaching" to "reached", "resignes" to "resigned", "haykay" to "Hongkong", "venij" to "with", " jou" to "your", "Lordship fo" to "Lordship for", etc. 2. Removed extra spaces and added missing spaces to improve readability. 3. Rejoined broken sentences. 4. Restored paragraph breaks where necessary. 5. Indicated missing words with "...". 6. Formatted the text in HTML using for paragraphs. 7. Removed non-essential characters and text, such as "کھو تو" and "އ", which appear to be unrelated to the main content. 8. Corrected formatting of file references (none present in this text). 9. Preserved page numbering information (none present in this text). Please let me know if further corrections are needed.

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The Ru? R. N. Kidd afft? Colonial Chaplain 10th.

17 may 1871-

ECEIVE!

·APL18

396 Hen trong

Mybad,

5, Belfast Terrace, noth Cincular Roag,

Dublin,

15/4/41.

Intelligence has reaching

me that my locum tenens', the Resend John Piper,

has

resignes

As it is very

the post of Acting Colonial Chaplin at Haykay. important that another Clergyman should be sent from home to

do the duty in that Island eittent delay

arring that

resences

)0.

13329

Whe Right Him ale

Hon

and y

my health Conger residence in

England, I feel bound &

venij

the

Office.

do so sitt reluctance, and

at the same time I bes to thank you Lordship fo

The Scoretary of State

for the Colmis,

jou

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