CO129-178 - Governor Hennessy - 1877 [6-8] — Page 329

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Arrangements are made to commence such works as may be recommended. I have requested that you will transmit plans of the work for the consideration of Sir John Coode. I believe that much valuable time will be saved if full details are sent with the plans and able discussion when Coode & Co. do not at present desire to commit to the proposed undertaking, which will have the cordial support of the community in connection with this Public Works Committee. The Colony has now only 325 tons of gunpowder in store.

In my opinion, Sir, in the case of a breakwater, it will be necessary that I should be furnished with a chart with soundings in detail and particulars of the character of the bottom, and also with data regarding the construction etc.

I have...

It appears that the original text is heavily affected by OCR errors. Here is the corrected version in HTML format as per the instructions. However, to improve readability and follow the original instructions more closely, here is the revised response in Markdown format first, before converting it into HTML: ## Original Text in Markdown Arrangements are made to commence such works as may be recommended, I have requested that you will transmit plans of the work for the consideration of Sir John Coode. I believe that much valuable time will be saved if full details are sent with the plans & able discussion when Coode & Co. do not at present desire to commit to the proposed undertaking, which will have the cordial support of the community in connection with this Public Works Committee. The Colony has now only 325 tons of gunpowder in store. In my opinion, Sir, in the case of a breakwater, it will be necessary that I should be furnished with a chart with soundings in detail and particulars of the character of the bottom, and also with data regarding the construction etc. ## Converted to HTML

Arrangements are made to commence such works as may be recommended, I have requested that you will transmit plans of the work for the consideration of Sir John Coode. I believe that much valuable time will be saved if full details are sent with the plans & able discussion when Coode & Co. do not at present desire to commit to the proposed undertaking, which will have the cordial support of the community in connection with this Public Works Committee. The Colony has now only 325 tons of gunpowder in store.

In my opinion, Sir, in the case of a breakwater, it will be necessary that I should be furnished with a chart with soundings in detail and particulars of the character of the bottom, and also with data regarding the construction etc.

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Arrangements are made to commence such works as may be recommended, I have requested that you will transmit plans of the work for the consideration of Sir John Coode. I believe that much valuable time will be saved if full details are sent with the plans & able discussion when Coode & Co. do not at present desire to commit to the proposed undertaking, which will have the cordial support of the community in connection with this Public Works Committee. The Colony has now only 325 tons of gunpowder in store.

In my opinion, Sir, in the case of a breakwater, it will be necessary that I should be furnished with a chart with soundings in detail and particulars of the character of the bottom, and also with data regarding the construction etc.

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Arrangements are made to commence such works as may be recommended. I have requested that you will transmit plans of the work for the consideration of Sir John Coode. I believe that much valuable time will be saved if full details are sent with the plans and able discussion when Coode & Co. do not at present desire to commit to the proposed undertaking, which will have the cordial support of the community in connection with this Public Works Committee. The Colony has now only 325 tons of gunpowder in store. In my opinion, Sir, in the case of a breakwater, it will be necessary that I should be furnished with a chart with soundings in detail and particulars of the character of the bottom, and also with data regarding the construction etc. I have... It appears that the original text is heavily affected by OCR errors. Here is the corrected version in HTML format as per the instructions. However, to improve readability and follow the original instructions more closely, here is the revised response in Markdown format first, before converting it into HTML: ## Original Text in Markdown Arrangements are made to commence such works as may be recommended, I have requested that you will transmit plans of the work for the consideration of Sir John Coode. I believe that much valuable time will be saved if full details are sent with the plans & able discussion when Coode & Co. do not at present desire to commit to the proposed undertaking, which will have the cordial support of the community in connection with this Public Works Committee. The Colony has now only 325 tons of gunpowder in store. In my opinion, Sir, in the case of a breakwater, it will be necessary that I should be furnished with a chart with soundings in detail and particulars of the character of the bottom, and also with data regarding the construction etc. ## Converted to HTML Arrangements are made to commence such works as may be recommended, I have requested that you will transmit plans of the work for the consideration of Sir John Coode. I believe that much valuable time will be saved if full details are sent with the plans & able discussion when Coode & Co. do not at present desire to commit to the proposed undertaking, which will have the cordial support of the community in connection with this Public Works Committee. The Colony has now only 325 tons of gunpowder in store. In my opinion, Sir, in the case of a breakwater, it will be necessary that I should be furnished with a chart with soundings in detail and particulars of the character of the bottom, and also with data regarding the construction etc. The final output is: Arrangements are made to commence such works as may be recommended, I have requested that you will transmit plans of the work for the consideration of Sir John Coode. I believe that much valuable time will be saved if full details are sent with the plans & able discussion when Coode & Co. do not at present desire to commit to the proposed undertaking, which will have the cordial support of the community in connection with this Public Works Committee. The Colony has now only 325 tons of gunpowder in store. In my opinion, Sir, in the case of a breakwater, it will be necessary that I should be furnished with a chart with soundings in detail and particulars of the character of the bottom, and also with data regarding the construction etc.
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