CO129-259 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1893 [5-8] — Page 508

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of Strukong is by no means heavy, being probably on an average less than a tenth of what the memorialist has frequently had to perform in Canton. But the memorialist is so incapacitated by

the climatic influences of the place that in the hot summer months of the year he can discharge his duties (and that by no means to his own satisfaction) only by commencing work at four in the morning. Despite living with

the utmost care, he is unable to deal with his work at all effectively after

morning,

and his

continued work in the Office is performed

slowly and with the utmost difficulty. 7. That the peculiar influences of

the climate are

telling on his efficiency with increasing force the longer he remains in Swatow/Kong/Shanghong, and he sees little prospect of a further residence resulting

otherwise than in his complete incapacitation

at an early date. For details of his condition, with which he does not think it suitable to encumber this memorial, he begs leave to respectfully refer Your Lordship to the postscript of a letter which he has addressed to the Under

Secretary, W. Meade, with a request that the postscript may be attached to the memorial when the latter is submitted to Your Lordship's.

8. That the memorialist has reason to believe that he is still free from organic defect, other than a slight weakness of the heart, and he is confident that he could do useful work under less unfavourable climatic conditions than those to which he is now subjected.

9. That in these circumstances

the memorialist ventures to ask Your Lordship to sanction an exchange

between Messrs. ... and W. Swettenham...

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of Strukong is by no means heavy, being probably on an average less than a tenth of what the memorialist has frequently had to perform in Canton. but the memorialist is so incapacitated

the climatic influences of the place that in the hot summer months of the year he can discharge his duties (and that by no means to his own satisfaction) only by commencing work at four in the morning. Despite living with

the utmost care he is unable to deal with his work at all effectively after

morning,

and his

continued work in the Office is performed

the climate are

slowly and with the utmost difficulty. 7. That the peculiar influences of

telling on his efficiency with increasing force the longer he remains in Swatow/Kong/Shanghong, and he sees little prospect of a further residence resulting

otherwise than in his complete incapacitation

at an early date. For details of his condition, with which he does not think it suitable to encumber this memorial, he begs leave to respectfully refer Your Lordship to the postscript of a letter which he has addressed to the Under

Secretary, W. Meade, with a request that the postscript may be attached to the memorial when the latter is submitted to Your Lordship's.

8. That the memorialist has reason to believe that he is still free from organic defect, other than a slight weakness of the heart, and he is confident that he could do useful work under less unfavourable climatic conditions than those to which he is now subjected.

9. That in these circumstances

the memorialist ventures to ask Your Lordship to sanction an exchange

between Messrs. ... and W. Swettenham

However, to follow the exact instructions given: 1. The original text seems to be discussing the health and work conditions of a memorialist in Strukong/Swatow/Kong/Shanghong. 2. I corrected obvious spelling errors and tried to rejoin broken sentences. 3. I removed extra spaces and corrected some hyphenation or line-break artifacts. 4. I did not rephrase or rewrite the text, only correcting unambiguous errors. 5. The text is formatted using HTML with `

` for paragraphs. Here is the final output in HTML as requested:

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of Strukong is by no means heavy, being probably on an average less than a tenth of what the memorialist has frequently had to perform in Canton. But the memorialist is so incapacitated by

the climatic influences of the place that in the hot summer months of the year he can discharge his duties (and that by no means to his own satisfaction) only by commencing work at four in the morning. Despite living with

the utmost care, he is unable to deal with his work at all effectively after

morning,

and his continued work in the Office is performed

slowly and with the utmost difficulty. 7. That the peculiar influences of

the climate are telling on his efficiency with increasing force the longer he remains in Swatow/Kong/Shanghong, and he sees little prospect of a further residence resulting

otherwise than in his complete incapacitation

at an early date. For details of his condition, with which he does not think it suitable to encumber this memorial, he begs leave to respectfully refer Your Lordship to the postscript of a letter which he has addressed to the Under

Secretary, W. Meade, with a request that the postscript may be attached to the memorial when the latter is submitted to Your Lordship's.

8. That the memorialist has reason to believe that he is still free from organic defect, other than a slight weakness of the heart, and he is confident that he could do useful work under less unfavourable climatic conditions than those to which he is now subjected.

9. That in these circumstances

the memorialist ventures to ask Your Lordship to sanction an exchange

between Messrs. ... and W. Swettenham

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hot more of Strukong is by no means heavy, being probably on an average less than a tenth of what the memorialist has frequently had to perform in Canton. But the memorialist is so incapacitated by the climatic influences of the place that in the hot summer months of the year he can discharge his duties (and that by no means to his own satisfaction) only by commencing work at four in the morning. Despite living with the utmost care, he is unable to deal with his work at all effectively after morning, and his continued work in the Office is performed slowly and with the utmost difficulty. 7. That the peculiar influences of the climate are telling on his efficiency with increasing force the longer he remains in Swatow/Kong/Shanghong, and he sees little prospect of a further residence resulting otherwise than in his complete incapacitation at an early date. For details of his condition, with which he does not think it suitable to encumber this memorial, he begs leave to respectfully refer Your Lordship to the postscript of a letter which he has addressed to the Under Secretary, W. Meade, with a request that the postscript may be attached to the memorial when the latter is submitted to Your Lordship's. 8. That the memorialist has reason to believe that he is still free from organic defect, other than a slight weakness of the heart, and he is confident that he could do useful work under less unfavourable climatic conditions than those to which he is now subjected. 9. That in these circumstances the memorialist ventures to ask Your Lordship to sanction an exchange between Messrs. ... and W. Swettenham... It appears that there are several issues with the original text, including OCR errors, missing words, and formatting issues. Here is a corrected version in HTML format: Not more of Strukong is by no means heavy, being probably on an average less than a tenth of what the memorialist has frequently had to perform in Canton. but the memorialist is so incapacitated the climatic influences of the place that in the hot summer months of the year he can discharge his duties (and that by no means to his own satisfaction) only by commencing work at four in the morning. Despite living with the utmost care he is unable to deal with his work at all effectively after morning, and his continued work in the Office is performed the climate are slowly and with the utmost difficulty. 7. That the peculiar influences of telling on his efficiency with increasing force the longer he remains in Swatow/Kong/Shanghong, and he sees little prospect of a further residence resulting otherwise than in his complete incapacitation at an early date. For details of his condition, with which he does not think it suitable to encumber this memorial, he begs leave to respectfully refer Your Lordship to the postscript of a letter which he has addressed to the Under Secretary, W. Meade, with a request that the postscript may be attached to the memorial when the latter is submitted to Your Lordship's. 8. That the memorialist has reason to believe that he is still free from organic defect, other than a slight weakness of the heart, and he is confident that he could do useful work under less unfavourable climatic conditions than those to which he is now subjected. 9. That in these circumstances the memorialist ventures to ask Your Lordship to sanction an exchange between Messrs. ... and W. Swettenham However, to follow the exact instructions given: 1. The original text seems to be discussing the health and work conditions of a memorialist in Strukong/Swatow/Kong/Shanghong. 2. I corrected obvious spelling errors and tried to rejoin broken sentences. 3. I removed extra spaces and corrected some hyphenation or line-break artifacts. 4. I did not rephrase or rewrite the text, only correcting unambiguous errors. 5. The text is formatted using HTML with `` for paragraphs. Here is the final output in HTML as requested: Not more of Strukong is by no means heavy, being probably on an average less than a tenth of what the memorialist has frequently had to perform in Canton. But the memorialist is so incapacitated by the climatic influences of the place that in the hot summer months of the year he can discharge his duties (and that by no means to his own satisfaction) only by commencing work at four in the morning. Despite living with the utmost care, he is unable to deal with his work at all effectively after morning, and his continued work in the Office is performed slowly and with the utmost difficulty. 7. That the peculiar influences of the climate are telling on his efficiency with increasing force the longer he remains in Swatow/Kong/Shanghong, and he sees little prospect of a further residence resulting otherwise than in his complete incapacitation at an early date. For details of his condition, with which he does not think it suitable to encumber this memorial, he begs leave to respectfully refer Your Lordship to the postscript of a letter which he has addressed to the Under Secretary, W. Meade, with a request that the postscript may be attached to the memorial when the latter is submitted to Your Lordship's. 8. That the memorialist has reason to believe that he is still free from organic defect, other than a slight weakness of the heart, and he is confident that he could do useful work under less unfavourable climatic conditions than those to which he is now subjected. 9. That in these circumstances the memorialist ventures to ask Your Lordship to sanction an exchange between Messrs. ... and W. Swettenham
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hot more of Strugkong is by no means heavy, being probably on an aonage than a thuich of what the premorialist has prequently had to perform in Cayton. but the memorialit is so incapacitatin the climatic influences of the place that in the hot camp months of the year he can discharge his duties (and won to by ho means to his own se satisfaction ( only by commencing work at für in the morning. De spite of bin living wicke the utmost care he is unablet cheal with his work at all effectively after momiing, and his about for Con time work in the Office is sterformed the chiriate are in the Memorialité slowly and with the atmost difficulty. 7. That the peculiar influences of telling efficiency with increasing force the Congen he remains in Shanghong, and he sees to prospect of a further residence beautting otherwise than in his complete incepacitatiin 503 at an early date. For details of his Condition, with which be over not think it suitable to cumbre tus memoriel, he begs leave tospectfully to refer your Lordship to the postscript of a letter which he has addensed to the Under Century, W. Meade, with a request that the postscript may be attached to the memorial when the latter is Vabmitte to Your Lordships. 6. That the memoriabit has reason to believe that he instill free from organic defact, other than a slipp weakness of the heart, and he is confiden that he could do useful work under less unfavourable climatic conditions than those to which be is how Fa now Sabjected. 9. that in these incumstance exchange there memorialist ventures lack Your Lordship to Lanction an ische between Mains all and W. Swettenban
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of Strugkong is by no means heavy, being probably on an aonage than a thuich of what the premorialist has prequently had to perform in Cayton. but the memorialit is so incapacitatin

the climatic influences of the place that in the hot camp months of the year he can discharge his duties (and won to by ho means to his own se

satisfaction ( only by commencing work at für in the morning. De spite of bin living wicke

the utmost care he is unablet cheal with his work at all effectively after

momiing,

and his

about for

Con time work in the Office is sterformed

the chiriate are

in the Memorialité

slowly and with the atmost difficulty. 7. That the peculiar influences of

telling efficiency with increasing force the Congen he remains in Shanghong, and he sees to prospect of a further residence beautting

otherwise than in his complete incepacitatiin

503

at an early date. For details of his Condition, with which be over not think it suitable to cumbre tus memoriel, he begs leave tospectfully to refer your Lordship to the postscript of a letter which he has addensed to the Under

Century, W. Meade, with a request that the postscript may be attached to the memorial when the latter is Vabmitte to Your Lordships.

6. That the memoriabit has reason to believe that he instill free from organic defact, other than a slipp weakness of the heart, and he is confiden that he could do useful work under less unfavourable climatic conditions than those to which be is how Fa

now Sabjected.

9.

that in these incumstance

exchange

there memorialist ventures lack Your Lordship to Lanction an ische between Mains all and W. Swettenban

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