CO129-207 - Acting Governor Marsh - 1883 [1-3] — Page 436

C O.

6906

RECP

REG 24 APR 83,

433

...

1x 53.

Government House,

Hong Kong, 10th March, 1883.

My Lord,

I have the honour to report that I have, on the recommendation of the Surveyor General and subject to your Lordship's approval, appointed Mr. I. M. ... Cherlew ... The Earl of Derby, for ... Map...y's ... Municipal Secretary of State for the Colone...

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However, to follow the exact instructions given and to improve the response: 1. The original text is not properly formatted according to the rules. 2. The text is not properly proofread. Let's reformat and proofread it according to the given rules. ## Step 1: Initial Formatting and Proofreading The given text appears to be an OCR output of a historical document. The first step is to correct obvious spelling errors and formatting. ## Step 2: Detailed Proofreading Upon closer inspection, the text seems to be a letter from the Government House in Hong Kong, dated 10th March, 1883. The sender is reporting to "My Lord" about an appointment made on the recommendation of the Surveyor General. ## Step 3: Correcting Spelling Errors and Formatting - "C O." could be "C.O.". - "RECP" might be "RECD" or another abbreviation; without context, it's hard to tell. - "REG 24 APE 83" should be "REG 24 APR 83" (April instead of "APE"). - "봄" is not clear; it might be a character or symbol not correctly recognized by OCR. - "1x 53" is unclear; it could be a file or page reference. - "Government Houze" should be "Government House". - "Itong Hong" should be "Hong Kong". - "thah" should be "that". - "Surveyor Geral" should be "Surveyor General". - "opponited" is likely "appointed". - "MP. I" is unclear; it could be "Mr.". - "Might Honourable" should be "Right Honourable". - "Clerchew" is not clear; it might be a name not correctly recognized. - "The Earl of Derby" is a title and name. - "Mapsty's Punicipal" is unclear; it could be related to "Municipal" and possibly a name or title not correctly OCR'd. - "Colone-" is likely "Colonial" or "Colony". ## Step 4: Applying Markdown Formatting The text should be formatted into Markdown. However, the instruction to output only HTML using `

` for paragraphs is followed instead. ## Step 5: Finalizing the Text Given the constraints and the original text, a more accurate representation would involve correcting the obvious errors and preserving the original content as much as possible. The best answer is

C.O.

6906

RECD

REG 24 APR 83,

433

...

1x53.

Government House,

Hong Kong, 10th March, 1883.

My Lord,

I have the honour to report that I have, on the recommendation of the Surveyor General and subject to your Lordship's approval, appointed Mr. ... Cherlew ... The Earl of Derby, for ... Municipal Secretary of State for the Colonies.

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