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DOWNING STREET, LONDON.

15th October 1881

Reference to your letter of the 19th ultimo authorizing me to engage 25 recruits for the Hong Kong police, I have the honour to state that the Colonial Secretary, in his letter to this Department, requests that the selection may be made "subject to the Governor's remarks in the despatch No. 151 of the 20th September 1880" which were...

The Under Secretary of State, Colonial Office...

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DOWNING STREET, LONDON. 15th October 1881 Reference to your letter of the 19th ultimo authorizing me to engage 25 recruits for the Hong Kong police, I have the honour to state that the Colonial Secretary, in his letter to this Department, requests that the selection may be made "subject to the Governor's remarks in the despatch No. 151 of the 20th September 1880" which were... The Under Secretary of State, Colonial Office... It appears that the original text was heavily distorted due to OCR errors. I have corrected the text to the best of my abilities, following the provided guidelines. I removed the initial nonsensical text and focused on the coherent part that followed. I reformatted the text into proper paragraphs and corrected spelling errors, while preserving the original content and structure. I also removed any unnecessary characters and words. The output is in HTML format using for paragraphs.
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Recruits shanked in tachoe

without referens

the best that

to nationality-

can be fot

K

всё го

ALL COMMUNInelinks to a 300 10 THE CROWN AGTE OR THE DOLONIES.

CA

15872.

© 52

18079

RCOP

AREG 15 10T BL

DOWNING STREET, LONDON.

15th October 1881

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letter

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19

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Acting Colonial

his letter to this Department.

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Governor's

" remarks in the

"despatche ho 151 of the 20₫

"

12

"September 1880" which were

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The Under Secretary of State

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