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Hengstung, 29th July, 1871.

Attorney General Hoüble Julian Janne fotos)

Hong Kong Convicts in the Hangetong Straits Settlements -

Suggeets the granting of Free Fardon to for stated realaus

Enclosive in Governor Sir Arthur Kennedy's Despatch Nr. 10 of 8th May 1872.

Page 10

6758 Hongkong No295 Good. Str. A. Kennedy.

MINUTE.

Mr. Meade. Mr. Holland, Mr. Herbert. Mr. Hugessen. Lord Kimberley.

Page 11

10 July /72

I obey my

70 543.

Sir,

I have received your despatch 2010 of the 8th May reporting the circumstances under which the Hongkong convicts in the Straits were released from confinement.

I should be glad to learn whether care was taken to ascertain that the convicts in question had good conduct and merited the indulgence shown to them on account of the lengthened period of imprisonment which they had served in the Straits Settlements.

I have no...

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Hengstung, 29th July, 1871. Attorney General Hoüble Julian Janne fotos) Hong Kong Convicts in the Hangetong Straits Settlements - Suggeets the granting of Free Fardon to for stated realaus Enclosive in Governor Sir Arthur Kennedy's Despatch Nr. 10 of 8th May 1872. Page 10 6758 Hongkong No295 Good. Str. A. Kennedy. MINUTE. Mr. Meade. Mr. Holland, Mr. Herbert. Mr. Hugessen. Lord Kimberley. Page 11 10 July /72 I obey my 70 543. Sir, I have received your despatch 2010 of the 8th May reporting the circumstances under which the Hongkong convicts in the Straits were released from confinement. I should be glad to learn whether care was taken to ascertain that the convicts in question had good conduct and merited the indulgence shown to them on account of the lengthened period of imprisonment which they had served in the Straits Settlements. I have no... Here is the corrected version in HTML format as requested. I have followed the given instructions to correct spelling errors, fix spacing issues, rejoin broken sentences, and restore paragraph breaks while preserving the original content and structure as much as possible. I have also removed extra spaces and corrected hyphenation or line-break artifacts. The file references are formatted correctly without spaces inside parentheses, and page numbering is preserved as per the original scan.
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Hengstung, 29th July, 1871. Attorney General Hoüble Julian Janne fotos) Hong Kong Convicts in the Hangetong Straits Settlements - Suggeets the granting of Free Fardon to for stated realaus Enclosive in Lovernor Sir Arthur Kamidy's Brepatch Nr. 10 of 8th Marys 1872. 10 6758 Hongkong No295 Good. Str. A. Kennedy. MINUTE. Mer. Med. Mr. Meade. // Mr. Holland, Mer. Herbert. Mr. Hugessen. Lord Kimberley. 11 10 July /72 ・oboy my 70 543. Sir I have received 419 12 July 1872 your refutes 2010 of the 8th May reporting the circumstances under which the Hongkong convicts in the Straits were released from confueinent. I should be glad to learn whether the care was taken to ascertain that the convicts (by good condens in question and merited the indulgence Stevon & them on account of the lengthened to of imprisonment which they hand served in the Straits Settlements. I have no K
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Hengstung, 29th July, 1871.

Attorney General Hoüble Julian Janne fotos)

Hong Kong Convicts in the Hangetong

Straits Settlements -

Suggeets the granting of Free Fardon to for

stated

realaus

Enclosive in Lovernor Sir Arthur Kamidy's Brepatch Nr. 10 of 8th Marys 1872.

10

6758 Hongkong

No295

Good. Str. A. Kennedy.

MINUTE.

Mer. Med. Mr. Meade. //

Mr. Holland,

Mer. Herbert.

Mr. Hugessen. Lord Kimberley.

11

10 July /72

・oboy my

70 543.

Sir

I have received

419

12 July 1872

your refutes

2010 of the 8th May reporting

the circumstances under which

the Hongkong convicts in the

Straits were released from confueinent.

I should be glad to learn whether the care was taken to ascertain that the convicts (by good condens in question and merited the indulgence Stevon & them on account of the lengthened to

of imprisonment which they

hand served in the Straits

Settlements.

I have no K

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