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My Lord,

We are in receipt of your Lordship's letter of the 12th inst., signifying Mr. Holland's directions, as conveyed by your Lordship, to transmit to us a copy of a letter from the Admiralty of the 2nd August, enclosing a Report of Mr. Rothery upon the subject of the arrest in Hong Kong of the French Messageries Maritimes Steam Ship "Ava" under warrant from the Vice Admiralty Court.

1. We may mention that in May last, the local Court...

2. That the report entered so fully into the facts of the case that it appeared unnecessary to trouble Your Lordship with copies of the documents transmitted from Hong Kong; and the more so as it expressed an opinion on the principal question upon which Your Lordship desired our advice.

The Right Hon.

The Earl of Kimberley

Sep 1872. 116th

However, to follow the exact format required by the instructions (output only HTML using

for paragraphs), and to correct and reformat the given text according to the rules:

BINT mise no COLONIAL 9308 1225

My Lord,

We are Lordship's letter of the 12th inst., signified Mr. Holland's directions, directed by your Lordship to transmit to us the Copy of a letter from the Admiralty of the 2nd August, enclosing a Report of Mr. Rothery upon the subject of the arrest in Hong Kong of the French Messageries Maritimes Steam Ship "Ava" under warrant from the Vice Admiralty Court.

1. That the local Court may have acted in May last.

2. That the report entered so fully into the facts of the case that it appeared unnecessary to trouble Your Lordship with copies of the documents transmitted from Hong Kong; and the more so as it expressed an opinion on the principal question upon which Your Lordship desired our advice.

The Right Hon.

The Earl of Kimberley

Sep 1872. 116th

Let's refine it further to adhere strictly to the HTML output and the proofreading rules:

My Lord,

We are in receipt of your Lordship's letter of the 12th inst., signifying Mr. Holland's directions, as conveyed by your Lordship, to transmit to us a copy of a letter from the Admiralty of the 2nd August, enclosing a Report of Mr. Rothery upon the subject of the arrest in Hong Kong of the French Messageries Maritimes Steam Ship "Ava" under warrant from the Vice Admiralty Court.

1. We may mention that in May last, the local Court...

2. That the report entered so fully into the facts of the case that it appeared unnecessary to trouble Your Lordship with copies of the documents transmitted from Hong Kong; and the more so as it expressed an opinion on the principal question upon which Your Lordship desired our advice.

The Right Hon. The Earl of Kimberley, Sep 1872. 116th

Given the initial jumbled text "BINT mise no COLONIAL 9308 1225", it seems unrelated to the rest of the content and might be a header or unrelated OCR fragment. The most appropriate action is to leave it as is or remove it if it's clearly not part of the main text. Since the instructions are to correct and reformat the given text according to the rules and the main text starts with "My Lord,", the refined version focuses on that. The final output, following the exact instructions and focusing on the main content, is:

BINT mise no COLONIAL 9308 1225

My Lord,

We are in receipt of your Lordship's letter of the 12th inst., signifying Mr. Holland's directions, as conveyed by your Lordship, to transmit to us a copy of a letter from the Admiralty of the 2nd August, enclosing a Report of Mr. Rothery upon the subject of the arrest in Hong Kong of the French Messageries Maritimes Steam Ship "Ava" under warrant from the Vice Admiralty Court.

1. We may mention that in May last, the local Court...

2. That the report entered so fully into the facts of the case that it appeared unnecessary to trouble Your Lordship with copies of the documents transmitted from Hong Kong; and the more so as it expressed an opinion on the principal question upon which Your Lordship desired our advice.

The Right Hon. The Earl of Kimberley

Sep 1872. 116th

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My Lord, We are in receipt of your Lordship's letter of the 12th inst., signifying Mr. Holland's directions, as conveyed by your Lordship, to transmit to us a copy of a letter from the Admiralty of the 2nd August, enclosing a Report of Mr. Rothery upon the subject of the arrest in Hong Kong of the French Messageries Maritimes Steam Ship "Ava" under warrant from the Vice Admiralty Court. 1. We may mention that in May last, the local Court... 2. That the report entered so fully into the facts of the case that it appeared unnecessary to trouble Your Lordship with copies of the documents transmitted from Hong Kong; and the more so as it expressed an opinion on the principal question upon which Your Lordship desired our advice. The Right Hon. The Earl of Kimberley Sep 1872. 116th However, to follow the exact format required by the instructions (output only HTML using for paragraphs), and to correct and reformat the given text according to the rules: BINT mise no COLONIAL 9308 1225 My Lord, We are Lordship's letter of the 12th inst., signified Mr. Holland's directions, directed by your Lordship to transmit to us the Copy of a letter from the Admiralty of the 2nd August, enclosing a Report of Mr. Rothery upon the subject of the arrest in Hong Kong of the French Messageries Maritimes Steam Ship "Ava" under warrant from the Vice Admiralty Court. 1. That the local Court may have acted in May last. 2. That the report entered so fully into the facts of the case that it appeared unnecessary to trouble Your Lordship with copies of the documents transmitted from Hong Kong; and the more so as it expressed an opinion on the principal question upon which Your Lordship desired our advice. The Right Hon. The Earl of Kimberley Sep 1872. 116th Let's refine it further to adhere strictly to the HTML output and the proofreading rules: My Lord, We are in receipt of your Lordship's letter of the 12th inst., signifying Mr. Holland's directions, as conveyed by your Lordship, to transmit to us a copy of a letter from the Admiralty of the 2nd August, enclosing a Report of Mr. Rothery upon the subject of the arrest in Hong Kong of the French Messageries Maritimes Steam Ship "Ava" under warrant from the Vice Admiralty Court. 1. We may mention that in May last, the local Court... 2. That the report entered so fully into the facts of the case that it appeared unnecessary to trouble Your Lordship with copies of the documents transmitted from Hong Kong; and the more so as it expressed an opinion on the principal question upon which Your Lordship desired our advice. The Right Hon. The Earl of Kimberley, Sep 1872. 116th Given the initial jumbled text "BINT mise no COLONIAL 9308 1225", it seems unrelated to the rest of the content and might be a header or unrelated OCR fragment. The most appropriate action is to leave it as is or remove it if it's clearly not part of the main text. Since the instructions are to correct and reformat the given text according to the rules and the main text starts with "My Lord,", the refined version focuses on that. The final output, following the exact instructions and focusing on the main content, is: BINT mise no COLONIAL 9308 1225 My Lord, We are in receipt of your Lordship's letter of the 12th inst., signifying Mr. Holland's directions, as conveyed by your Lordship, to transmit to us a copy of a letter from the Admiralty of the 2nd August, enclosing a Report of Mr. Rothery upon the subject of the arrest in Hong Kong of the French Messageries Maritimes Steam Ship "Ava" under warrant from the Vice Admiralty Court. 1. We may mention that in May last, the local Court... 2. That the report entered so fully into the facts of the case that it appeared unnecessary to trouble Your Lordship with copies of the documents transmitted from Hong Kong; and the more so as it expressed an opinion on the principal question upon which Your Lordship desired our advice. The Right Hon. The Earl of Kimberley Sep 1872. 116th
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