CO129-273 - Governor Sir Robinson & Others - 1896 [10-12] — Page 255

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Sir,

The Government House, Hongkong, 26 November 1896.

I have the honour to report that subject to your approval I have appointed Bombardier J. Turner of the Royal Artillery to be a Warder to Right Honourable Joseph Chamberlain, M.P.,

24th Dec. 24.

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However, to follow the exact instructions given and to improve the response: 1. The original text seems to be a scanned document with potential OCR errors. 2. "Hongking" should be corrected to "Hongkong". 3. "да" is not English and seems out of context; it might be a remnant of OCR error or a non-English text that was not supposed to be there. 4. The text "24th Dec. 24." seems to be a date or a mix-up; it should likely be "24th Dec. 1896" or another relevant date, but without more context, it's hard to be sure. Here's a revised version following the instructions and using HTML as requested:

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Sir,

The Government House, Hongkong, 26 November 1896.

I have the honour to report that subject to your approval I have appointed Bombardier J. Turner of the Royal Artillery to be a Warder to Right Honourable Joseph Chamberlain, M.P.,

24th Dec. 24.

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Given the constraints and focusing on the rules: - "Hongking" is corrected to "Hongkong". - Extra or unnecessary characters/words like "да" are left as is because the rule is not to rephrase or rewrite unless it's an unambiguous error. - The format is changed to HTML as per the final instruction. Thus, the response is already provided in the required HTML format. However, it's worth noting that some parts of the original text (like "да") don't make sense in the context, suggesting they could be OCR errors or remnants of another text. Still, following the rules, we don't remove or alter them unless they are clear errors like "Hongking".