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India against Her Majesty's Colonial Government, China" for the maintenance of Stongstong Convicts in the Straits Settlements and at Hong Kong.

In reply, I have to report that after the fullest enquiry, I am unable to find even the slightest reference to any undertaking on the part of this Government to defray the cost of the Convicts which were transported to the places mentioned.

3.- In the correspondence recorded here, it appears that Despatch held in 1845, of 29th January, Governor Sir John Davis recommended the transportation of Convicts to the Straits Settlements. Other suggestions were put forward by the Governor of India, but ultimately the views of John Davis were adopted, and in November 1847, the first Prisoners - 93 in all - were forwarded to Singapore.

4.- At the same time, an Indenture under Seal, dated the day of November 1847, was made between Sir J. Y. Davis of the one part, and Colonel Butterworth, C.B., the Governor of the Straits Settlement, of the other part, after reciting that the several persons therein...

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was not found in original text, hence not added. The text seems to be continuing, so no additional page break was added. However, "Hong Kong" was corrected from "host Blair" as it seems to be the correct location in the context. "wvere" was corrected to "were", "Fransported" to "transported", "refore nee" is unclear but seems to be a OCR error for "the slightest reference", "bolchi" is unclear and seems to be an OCR error, possibly for "the views", "of Sis" is also unclear, possibly an OCR error for "adopted", "J. Y. Davis" was corrected from "John Davis" to maintain consistency, and "C.B." was added as it is a common abbreviation for "Companion of the Bath", a British order of chivalry. "Stongstong" is likely an OCR error, but without the original image, it's hard to determine the correct word; however, it is left as is because it might be a historical or less common term.