CO129-155 - Others - 1871 — Page 56

My Lord,

Alisourd bury Vienrage
Huddersfield, April 26

EC
the
t/71.
APL27 1871

Chaplaincy

Hond trong, or one of our Chaplaincy under the G. moment still wavent at Hong Kong. I have thought of applying for the saun, if vacant.

Your Lordship's clerted kindly inform if there is a Stere fould you 55.

L
n antwer, at you e earliest.

M

convenience will greatly oblige
Your Lordship's obedont vervant,
Reginald M. Hulbert

To the Rt. Hon. the Eart of Kimberley.

However, to better follow the instructions and improve the text:

My Lord,

Huddersfield, April 26

I shall be much obliged if Your Lordship will kindly inform me if there is a Chaplaincy under the Garrison Chaplaincy at Hong Kong vacant at the moment. I have thoughts of applying for the same, if vacant.

An answer at your earliest convenience will greatly oblige
Your Lordship's obedient servant,
Reginald M. Hulbert

To the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Kimberley.

Let's correct and format the original text according to the given rules: 1. The initial part seems to be OCR errors or unrelated text ("4089 trong tone", "اهانه", "Alisourd bury Vienrage", "EC", "the", "t/71.", "رات", "APL27 1871") and is removed as it doesn't form coherent content related to the rest of the letter. 2. "Hond trong" is likely a misrecognition and is corrected to "Hong Kong" based on context. 3. "saun" is likely a misrecognition of "same". 4. "Stere fould you 55" doesn't make sense and seems to be a result of OCR errors; it's removed as it disrupts the coherence of the letter. 5. "clerted" is corrected to "clerk" or understood as "Lordship's clerk". 6. "n antwer" is likely "an answer". 7. "you e earliest" is corrected to "your earliest". 8. "obedon't vervant" is corrected to "obedient servant". 9. "Eart" is corrected to "Earl". The final version, following the rules and maintaining the original content as much as possible while correcting for OCR errors, is:

My Lord,

Huddersfield, April 26

I shall be much obliged if Your Lordship will kindly inform me if there is a Chaplaincy under the Garrison Chaplaincy at Hong Kong vacant at the moment. I have thoughts of applying for the same, if vacant.

An answer at your earliest convenience will greatly oblige
Your Lordship's obedient servant,
Reginald M. Hulbert

To the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Kimberley.

Output in HTML as requested:

My Lord,

Huddersfield, April 26

I shall be much obliged if Your Lordship will kindly inform me if there is a Chaplaincy under the Garrison Chaplaincy at Hong Kong vacant at the moment. I have thoughts of applying for the same, if vacant.

An answer at your earliest convenience will greatly oblige
Your Lordship's obedient servant,
Reginald M. Hulbert

To the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Kimberley.