CO129-264 - Governor Sir Robinson & Public Offices - 1894 [9-12] — Page 49

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Hong Kong Confidential

Sir W. Robinson

MINUTE.

Mr. Lucas 4. Feb.

Mr. Fairfield.

Mr. Wingfield,

Mr. Bramston.

Mr. Meade.

Mr. Buxton.

Marquess of Ripon. 8 Feb.95.

2 drafts for consideration

Referring to my public despatch no 320 this day's date. I shall be glad to know what is the present age of Dr. Ayres, Colonial Surgeon, and whether, in your opinion, it would be advisable in the interests of the Service to allow him to retire as soon as the latter permit.

I am aware of his Zeal and ability; but it is obvious...

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Hong Kong Confidential Sir W. Robinson MINUTE. Mr. Lucas 4. Feb. Mr. Fairfield. Mr. Wingfield, Mr. Bramston. Mr. Meade. Mr. Buxton. Marquess of Ripon. 8 Feb.95. 2 drafts for consideration Referring to my public despatch no 320 this day's date. I shall be glad to know what is the present age of Dr. Ayres, Colonial Surgeon, and whether, in your opinion, it would be advisable in the interests of the Service to allow him to retire as soon as the latter permit. I am aware of his Zeal and ability; but it is obvious... Page 47 The original text appears to be a draft of a confidential minute from Sir W. Robinson, with various names and dates mentioned. The OCR output contains several errors, including incorrect character recognition, spacing issues, and broken sentences. Here's a step-by-step breakdown of the corrections made: 1. Removed unnecessary characters and numbers (e.g., "17684π", "Gar", "Sin", "Hong Hong⋅", "Kemg", "XM", "15 bx 36", "Afrinion", "kan", "Ad", "LT", "arime of", "the Scr"). 2. Corrected spelling errors (e.g., "Refering" to "Referring", "dot" to "to", "who ther" to "what is the", "adurable" to "advisable", "Suffrons" to "the Service"). 3. Fixed spacing issues and rejoined broken sentences. 4. Removed extra lines and reformatted the text into proper paragraphs. 5. Preserved the original page numbering ("Page 47") as per the instructions. The output is in HTML format using `` tags for paragraphs, as requested.
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DRAFT. Gar 17684π Hongkong 47 And Sin Hong Hong⋅ Confidential Sir W. Robinson Kemg MINUTE. Mr. Mr. XM Lucas 4. Feb . Fairfield. Mr. Wingfield, Mr. Bramston. Mr. Meade. Mr. Buxton. Marquess of Ripon. 8 2 drafts for consideration F Feb.95. Refering to my public despatch no 320 this day's to date. I shall be glad dot what of know who ther you are 15 bx 36 Afrinion that what is the present age of 2: Ayres. Colmial San the and whether. surgeon. in your opinion it would be Your hair any rearm of kan adurable in the interests to Suffrons that he intends shakly, the service to call from troite. bim to retire. At som as the later permit I am are Ad LT arime of the Scr his Zeal ability ; but it is obsions
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17684π

Hongkong

47

And

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Hong Hong⋅ Confidential

Sir W. Robinson

Kemg

MINUTE.

Mr.

Mr.

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Lucas 4. Feb

. Fairfield.

Mr. Wingfield,

Mr. Bramston.

Mr. Meade.

Mr. Buxton.

Marquess of Ripon. 8

2 drafts

for consideration

F Feb.95.

Refering to my public despatch no 320 this day's

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date. I shall be glad dot what of know who ther you are

15 bx 36

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that what is the

present age of 2: Ayres.

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and whether. surgeon.

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adurable in the interests to Suffrons that he intends shakly,

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as the later permit

I am are

Ad

LT

arime of

the Scr

his Zeal

ability ; but it is obsions

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