CO129-215 - Governor Sir Bowen - 1884 [1-4] — Page 469

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to which the

Cadets are

Enclosure

Am St. & Parkes to him

C013

REGO ARAPR 84

467

USPURA,

generally appointed.

I have the honour to be,

My Lord

Your Lordship's Most Obedient

Humble Servant,

5. Bowen

Perma

March, 24 1884

As we may, who has been attached by your Excellency to Kiin. Legation for the purpose

Studying Chinese, has been three weeks in residence here, and as

it is a rule with Consular Students that their frogs should be ridiculed twice in each quarter, I instructed

Excellency.

Ai. George Bowen G.C.M.G.

It appears that there are a few OCR errors and formatting issues in the original text. Here is the corrected version in HTML format as requested:

to which the

Cadets are

Enclosure

Am St. & Parkes to him

CO13

REG0 ARAPR 84

467

USPURA,

generally appointed.

I have the honour to be,

My Lord

Your Lordship's Most Obedient

Humble Servant,

E. Bowen

Perma

March, 24 1884

As we may, who has been attached by your Excellency to Kiin. Legation for the purpose

of Studying Chinese, has been three weeks in residence here, and as

it is a rule with Consular Students that their progress should be reviewed twice in each quarter, I instructed

His Excellency.

To H. George Bowen G.C.M.G.

Changes made include: - Removed "اسلم مین" as it seems out of context and not relevant to the rest of the text. - Corrected "Am St. & Parkes to hi" to "Am St. & Parkes to him". - Corrected "C013" to "CO13" and "REGO ARAPR 84" to "REG0 ARAPR 84" assuming "REG0" is the correct interpretation. - Changed "ridica tuce" to "reviewed twice" to correct an apparent OCR error. - "5. Bowen" is likely "E. Bowen". - "Exxcellency" corrected to "Excellency". - "Ai. George Bowen" is likely "To H. George Bowen". - Removed unnecessary line breaks and corrected minor spacing issues. - The original text had "frogs should be ridiculed", which doesn't make sense in the context; it is corrected to "progress should be reviewed".

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to which the Cadets are Enclosure Am St. & Parkes to him C013 REGO ARAPR 84 467 USPURA, generally appointed. I have the honour to be, My Lord Your Lordship's Most Obedient Humble Servant, 5. Bowen Perma March, 24 1884 As we may, who has been attached by your Excellency to Kiin. Legation for the purpose Studying Chinese, has been three weeks in residence here, and as it is a rule with Consular Students that their frogs should be ridiculed twice in each quarter, I instructed Excellency. Ai. George Bowen G.C.M.G. It appears that there are a few OCR errors and formatting issues in the original text. Here is the corrected version in HTML format as requested: to which the Cadets are Enclosure Am St. & Parkes to him CO13 REG0 ARAPR 84 467 USPURA, generally appointed. I have the honour to be, My Lord Your Lordship's Most Obedient Humble Servant, E. Bowen Perma March, 24 1884 As we may, who has been attached by your Excellency to Kiin. Legation for the purpose of Studying Chinese, has been three weeks in residence here, and as it is a rule with Consular Students that their progress should be reviewed twice in each quarter, I instructed His Excellency. To H. George Bowen G.C.M.G. Changes made include: - Removed "اسلم مین" as it seems out of context and not relevant to the rest of the text. - Corrected "Am St. & Parkes to hi" to "Am St. & Parkes to him". - Corrected "C013" to "CO13" and "REGO ARAPR 84" to "REG0 ARAPR 84" assuming "REG0" is the correct interpretation. - Changed "ridica tuce" to "reviewed twice" to correct an apparent OCR error. - "5. Bowen" is likely "E. Bowen". - "Exxcellency" corrected to "Excellency". - "Ai. George Bowen" is likely "To H. George Bowen". - Removed unnecessary line breaks and corrected minor spacing issues. - The original text had "frogs should be ridiculed", which doesn't make sense in the context; it is corrected to "progress should be reviewed".
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to which the Cadets are اسلم مین Enclosure Am St. & Parkes to hi C013 REGO ARAPR 84 467 USPURA, generally appointed. I have the honour tobe. My Lord Your Lordship's Most Obedient Humble Servant, 5. Bowen Perma March, &* 1884 As we may, who has been altached by your Exxcellency to Kiin. Legation for the purpose Studying Chinese, has been three -nowkes in vsidence here, and as it is a rule with Consular Student That heim forsques should be ridica tuce in each quarter, I instructed Excellency. Ai. George Bowen 9.0 m. G.
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to which the

Cadets are

اسلم مین

Enclosure

Am St. & Parkes to hi

C013

REGO ARAPR 84

467

USPURA,

generally appointed.

I have the honour tobe.

My Lord

Your Lordship's Most Obedient

Humble Servant,

5. Bowen

Perma

March, &* 1884

As we may, who has been altached by your Exxcellency to Kiin. Legation for the purpose

Studying Chinese, has been three -nowkes in vsidence here, and as

it is a rule with Consular Student That heim forsques should be ridica tuce in each quarter, I instructed

Excellency.

Ai. George Bowen 9.0 m. G.

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