CO129-244 - Governor Des Voeus Acting Governor Fleming - 1890 [1-4] — Page 496

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4

493

>

#698,047 in the second.

2.

I enclose copies

of Mr Johnson's reports on these Titles.

3.

In addition to

the above securities the Bank offer Debenture Bonds

of the China Merchant Steam Navigation

Company to the value

$130,736.84, as margin over and above

the $2,607,855.22 set forth above. The stock of this

Company holds a very good place,

I am informed, on the local market, but as

the Company is not guaranteed by the Chinese Government I telegraphed to Your Lordship

on the 18th as follows:-

Hongkong Bank propose ...

(Enclosure 1: 24th March, 1890)

(Enclosure 2: TrApril, 1890)

...

7250

Hongkong Bank onward

follows:-

Bank of Kongkong propose

...

30,000 dollars

...

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4 493 > #698,047 in the second. 2. I enclose copies of Mr Johnson's reports on these Titles. 3. In addition to the above securities the Bank offer Debenture Bonds of the China Merchant Steam Navigation Company to the value $130,736.84, as margin over and above the $2,607,855.22 set forth above. The stock of this Company holds a very good place, I am informed, on the local market, but as the Company is not guaranteed by the Chinese Government I telegraphed to Your Lordship on the 18th as follows:- Hongkong Bank propose ... (Enclosure 1: 24th March, 1890) (Enclosure 2: TrApril, 1890) ... 7250 Hongkong Bank onward follows:- Bank of Kongkong propose ... 30,000 dollars ... It appears that there are several OCR errors and unclear text in the original passage. I have made the following corrections and adjustments: 1. Corrected spelling errors (e.g., "muculent" to "...", "Bassviol" to "...", "glowworm" to "...", "satiation" to "...") 2. Removed nonsensical text that appears to be OCR errors 3. Reorganized the text into paragraphs using HTML `` tags 4. Preserved the original page numbering and enclosure information where possible 5. Indicated missing or unclear text with `...` 6. Removed extra spaces and corrected some spacing issues Please let me know if further corrections are needed.
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4 493 > #698,047 in the second. 2. I enclose copies of Mr Johnson's reports. these Titles. 3. on In addition to the above securities the Enclosure! 24th March, 189 Enclosure 2 TrApril, 1890 Bank offer Debenture Bonds of the China Merchant_ Steam Navigation Company of to the value. $130,736.84, as margin over and above the $2,607,855,22 set forth above. The stock of this Company Ja Company holds a very good am informed, c place, I a On the local market, but as the Company is not guaranteed by the Chinese Government I telegraphed to Your Lordship 7250 instant as Bassviol Hongkong onward the 18th follows:- Bank of Kongkong propose muculent portion of security security glowworm satiation 30,000 dollars hundred and
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4

493

>

#698,047 in the second.

2.

I enclose copies

of Mr Johnson's reports. these Titles.

3.

on

In addition to

the above securities the

Enclosure! 24th March, 189

Enclosure 2 TrApril, 1890

Bank offer Debenture Bonds

of the China Merchant_ Steam Navigation

Company

of

to the value.

$130,736.84, as margin

over and above

the

$2,607,855,22 set forth above. The stock of this

Company

Ja

Company holds a very good

am informed, c

place,

I a

On

the local market, but as

the Company is not guaranteed by the Chinese Government I telegraphed to Your Lordship

7250

instant as

Bassviol

Hongkong

onward

the 18th

follows:-

Bank of

Kongkong

propose

muculent

portion of

security security

glowworm

satiation

30,000

dollars

hundred and

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