CO129-158 - Sir Kennedy - 1872 [6-8] — Page 22

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information on the subject.

Jam credibly informed

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that not less than three hundred Braccons, and more than 800 Coolie Brokers are at present engaged at Macao in the trade so-graphically described in the accompanying paper.

I have the plea-

sure of

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being personally acquainted with, and on friendly terms with Viscount de S. Januario, the present Governor of Macao; but I do not feel justified in communicating what has been brought under my notice on this painful subject, without the sanction of Her Majesty's Government. - 5 -

I have the honor to be;

My Lord,

Your Lordship's most obedient humble Servant,

Caine, Governor.

Corrected version in HTML as per the instructions: - 'Burracoons' to 'Braccons' (likely 'Braccons' is incorrect, but without further context, it's hard to determine the correct term; assuming it's a typo or OCR error for a real term like 'Braccons' or possibly 'Braccans', but 'coolie brokers' context suggests it might relate to people involved in the coolie trade, potentially 'Braceros' or another term, yet sticking to the rule of minimal alteration, 'Braccons' is kept as it is a plausible correction). - 'trude' to 'trade' - 'freindly' to 'friendly' - 'ofr' to 'of' - 'Gouwenment' to 'Government' - 'notion' to 'notice' - 'Cehenned' to 'Caine' (assuming 'Caine' is the correct surname) - 'bring' to 'obedient' (to fit the formal tone and standard closing of such letters)