CO129-194 - Governor Hennessy Administrator Tonnochy - 1881 [8-9] — Page 320

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from other qualifications, Ist "Beth possesses the knowledge of fence which the Secretary Statis despatch N. 8

April 1850 lays down as essential generally in the fivil Hongkong, whereas

1 Service of neither In Alver Ivernment Notification With for Jesuary 1881- Clerk any in the folonial Secretary's Office has any knowledge of the Mince language.

In

2. my despatch A 23 of the 7 of March I laid before your Lordship copies of some minutes and correspondence respecting and respecting my let Beth's qualifications, recommendations that he might be appointed thief flick in the Colonial Secretary's Office, and of Met Alves, the Clerk Councils.

3. second fleck, is От painstaking! officer who writes a neat hand, and I hope your Lonsship will be able to him in the in the post confirm him of First ferk ( though he does not know thinese there is of as other gentleman the service of corresponding position

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317

from other qualifications, 1st Beth possesses the knowledge of fence which the Secretary State's despatch N. 8

April 1850 lays down as essential generally in the civil Hongkong, whereas

1 Service of neither In Alves Government Notification With for January 1881- Clerk any in the Colonial Secretary's Office has any knowledge of the Chinese language.

In

2. my despatch A 23 of the 7th of March I laid before your Lordship copies of some minutes and correspondence respecting my Beth's qualifications, recommendations that he might be appointed Chief Clerk in the Colonial Secretary's Office, and of Met Alves, the Clerk of Councils.

3. second Clerk, is a painstaking officer who writes a neat hand, and I hope your Lordship will be able to confirm him in the post of First Clerk (though he does not know Chinese there is another gentleman in the service of corresponding position).

The final answer is:

317

from other qualifications, 1st "Beth possesses the knowledge of fence which the Secretary State's despatch N. 8

April 1850 lays down as essential generally in the civil Hongkong, whereas

1 Service of neither In Alves Government Notification With for January 1881- Clerk any in the Colonial Secretary's Office has any knowledge of the Chinese language.

In

2. my despatch A 23 of the 7th of March I laid before your Lordship copies of some minutes and correspondence respecting and respecting my Beth's qualifications, recommendations that he might be appointed Chief Clerk in the Colonial Secretary's Office, and of Met Alves, the Clerk of Councils.

3. second Clerk, is a painstaking officer who writes a neat hand, and I hope your Lordship will be able to confirm him in the post of First Clerk (though he does not know Chinese there is another gentleman in the service of corresponding position).

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317 from other qualifications, Ist "Beth possesses the knowledge of fence which the Secretary Statis despatch N. 8 April 1850 lays down as essential generally in the fivil Hongkong, whereas 1 Service of neither In Alver Ivernment Notification With for Jesuary 1881- Clerk any in the folonial Secretary's Office has any knowledge of the Mince language. In 2. my despatch A 23 of the 7 of March I laid before your Lordship copies of some minutes and correspondence respecting and respecting my let Beth's qualifications, recommendations that he might be appointed thief flick in the Colonial Secretary's Office, and of Met Alves, the Clerk Councils. 3. second fleck, is От painstaking! officer who writes a neat hand, and I hope your Lonsship will be able to him in the in the post confirm him of First ferk ( though he does not know thinese there is of as other gentleman the service of corresponding position However, to follow the instructions more closely and improve the text: ## Step 1 First, let's correct the obvious OCR errors and improve the formatting. ## Step 2 The given text appears to be a historical document, likely a letter or despatch, discussing the qualifications of certain individuals for positions within the Colonial Secretary's Office in Hong Kong. Let's start by correcting spelling errors and fixing spacing issues. ## Step 3 Let's rejoin broken sentences and restore paragraph breaks where necessary. ## Step 4 The text contains several OCR errors. For example, "fivil" likely should be "civil", "folonial" should be "Colonial", "Jesuary" should be "January", "Mince" should be "Chinese", "Ivernment" should be "Government", "Lonsship" should be "Lordship", "thinese" should be "Chinese", and "flick" or "flek" should be "Clerk". ## Step 5 Let's apply these corrections and format the text in Markdown as per the instructions. ## Step 6 Here is the corrected version in HTML format as requested: 317 from other qualifications, 1st Beth possesses the knowledge of fence which the Secretary State's despatch N. 8 April 1850 lays down as essential generally in the civil Hongkong, whereas 1 Service of neither In Alves Government Notification With for January 1881- Clerk any in the Colonial Secretary's Office has any knowledge of the Chinese language. In 2. my despatch A 23 of the 7th of March I laid before your Lordship copies of some minutes and correspondence respecting my Beth's qualifications, recommendations that he might be appointed Chief Clerk in the Colonial Secretary's Office, and of Met Alves, the Clerk of Councils. 3. second Clerk, is a painstaking officer who writes a neat hand, and I hope your Lordship will be able to confirm him in the post of First Clerk (though he does not know Chinese there is another gentleman in the service of corresponding position). The final answer is: 317 from other qualifications, 1st "Beth possesses the knowledge of fence which the Secretary State's despatch N. 8 April 1850 lays down as essential generally in the civil Hongkong, whereas 1 Service of neither In Alves Government Notification With for January 1881- Clerk any in the Colonial Secretary's Office has any knowledge of the Chinese language. In 2. my despatch A 23 of the 7th of March I laid before your Lordship copies of some minutes and correspondence respecting and respecting my Beth's qualifications, recommendations that he might be appointed Chief Clerk in the Colonial Secretary's Office, and of Met Alves, the Clerk of Councils. 3. second Clerk, is a painstaking officer who writes a neat hand, and I hope your Lordship will be able to confirm him in the post of First Clerk (though he does not know Chinese there is another gentleman in the service of corresponding position).
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317

from other qualifications, Ist "Beth possesses the knowledge

of fence which the Secretary

Statis despatch N. 8

April 1850 lays down as

essential generally in the fivil

Hongkong, whereas

1 Service

of

neither In Alver

Ivernment Notification With

for Jesuary 1881-

Clerk

any

in the folonial Secretary's Office

has any knowledge of the Mince

language.

In

2.

my despatch A 23 of the 7 of March I laid before your Lordship copies of some minutes and correspondence

respecting

and

respecting

my

let Beth's qualifications,

recommendations that

he might be appointed thief

flick in the Colonial Secretary's Office, and

of

Met Alves, the

Clerk

Councils.

3.

second fleck, is

От

painstaking!

officer who

writes

a neat

hand, and I hope your

Lonsship will be able

to

him in the

in the post

confirm him of First ferk ( though he does not know thinese there is

of

as

other gentleman

the service of corresponding

position

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