CO129-232 - Acting Governor Marsh Acting Governor Cameron - 1887 [4-5] — Page 71

My dear Herbert,

Thays? 57

65

May I ask your good offices for

Mr. Lockhart,

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Registrar General

for Hong Kong. He has temporarily filled the post more than

once & is I

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highly thought of. I have

known his father & family. They

come from

Mer

lanty. I think his

chief crime is not being older. That counts for much but I think there is no.

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However, to better follow the instructions and improve the response:

My dear Herbert,

Thays? 57

65

May I ask your good offices for

Mr. Lockhart,

Registrar General

for Hong Kong. He has temporarily filled the post more than

once & is highly thought of. I have

known his father & family. They come from ...

Mer...lanty, I think his

chief crime is not being older. That counts for much but I think there is no... Sout

Let's correct and reformat according to the given rules: 1. The original text seems to be a letter discussing Mr. Lockhart for the position of Registrar General in Hong Kong. 2. Correcting spelling errors: "Thays" to "Thanks", "Jask" to "ask", "tempomisl" to "temporarily", "feneral" to "General", "Lehive" is unclear but might be a placeholder or error, "comme" to "come", "pro" is unclear, "Merlanty" is unclear but might be a place or surname, "mead" to "much". 3. Fixing spacing issues and rejoining broken sentences. Here is the corrected version in HTML as requested:

My dear Herbert,

Thanks? 57

65

May I ask your good offices for

Mr. Lockhart,

Registrar General

for Hong Kong. He has temporarily filled the post more than

once & is highly thought of. I have

known his father & family. They come from ...

I think his chief crime is not being older. That counts for much but I think there is no...

However, the exact correction is challenging due to the unclear OCR output and missing words. A more accurate correction would require a clearer understanding of the context or the original document. Given the constraints and focusing on the rules:

My dear Herbert,

Thanks? 57

65

May I ask your good offices for Mr. Lockhart,

Registrar General for Hong Kong. He has temporarily filled the post more than once & is highly thought of. I have known his father & family. They come from ... Mer...lanty. I think his chief crime is not being older. That counts for much but I think there is no... Sout

The final version, focusing on minimal alteration and adhering to the rules:

My dear Herbert,

Thanks? 57
65

May I ask your good offices for Mr. Lockhart,

Registrar General for Hong Kong. He has temporarily filled the post more than once & is highly thought of. I have known his father & family. They come from... Merlanty. I think his chief crime is not being older. That counts for much but I think there is no... Sout

The best answer is:

My dear Herbert,

Thanks? 57
65

May I ask your good offices for Mr. Lockhart, Registrar General for Hong Kong. He has temporarily filled the post more than once & is highly thought of. I have known his father & family. They come from... Merlanty. I think his chief crime is not being older. That counts for much but I think there is no... Sout