CO129-273 - Governor Sir Robinson & Others - 1896 [10-12] — Page 282

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A copy accompanied your patch under acknowledgment, will be brought into use in this Colony so soon as a supply of the Forms, for which I have asked the Crown Agents, is received.

I have the honour to be, Sir, Your Most Obedient Humble Servant, William Robinson, Governor.

No. 276 Date: 1896 Dec

Previous Paper: No. [illegible]

Subsequent Paper: Hongkong No. 333

(Subject.) Kowloon Farm Lot No. 1

DESPATCH

523 Wen 5 Jan 91 280 Transmit memorial from Joh. Humphreys and others.

(Minutes.)

Land in the Kowloon promontory is becoming more & more valuable. If the memorialists want to be allowed to build, they must be prepared to do so on a shorter lease. I should be guided by the Director of Public Works, who is an excellent man & with whom the Governor concurs.

C.P.L. 9. Jan at once


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Page 128

as per instruction 5. However, to follow the exact output format requested (HTML using

for paragraphs), the correction is represented as is. Here is the revised response in the requested HTML format:

DESPATCH

A copy accompanied your patch under acknowledgment, will be brought into use in this Colony so soon as a supply of the Forms, for which I have asked the Crown Agents, is received.

I have the honour to be, Sir, Your Most Obedient Humble Servant, William Robinson, Governor.

No.276 Date: 1896 Dec

Previous Paper: No.

Subsequent Paper: Hongkong No.333

(Subject.) Kowloon Farm Lot No.1

DESPATCH

523 Wen 5 Jan 91 280 Transmit memorial from Joh. Humphreys and others.

(Minutes.)

Land in the Kowloon promontory is becoming more & more valuable. If the memorialists want to be allowed to build, they must be prepared to do so on a shorter lease. I should be guided by the Director of Public Works, who is an excellent man & with whom the Governor concurs.

C.P.L. 9. Jan at once

Page 128

was kept, assuming it follows the six-line rule. However, the exact positioning (top or bottom) isn't directly controllable in the given HTML format, so it's presented as a separate paragraph.

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DESPATCH A copy accompanied your patch under acknowledgment, will be brought into use in this Colony so soon as a supply of the Forms, for which I have asked the Crown Agents, is received. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your Most Obedient Humble Servant, William Robinson, Governor. No. 276 Date: 1896 Dec Previous Paper: No. [illegible] Subsequent Paper: Hongkong No. 333 (Subject.) Kowloon Farm Lot No. 1 DESPATCH 523 Wen 5 Jan 91 280 Transmit memorial from Joh. Humphreys and others. (Minutes.) Land in the Kowloon promontory is becoming more & more valuable. If the memorialists want to be allowed to build, they must be prepared to do so on a shorter lease. I should be guided by the Director of Public Works, who is an excellent man & with whom the Governor concurs. C.P.L. 9. Jan at once Page [illegible] is not present, but three lines at top and three at the bottom are kept as is below: Page 128 becomes revised to Page 128 as per instruction 5. However, to follow the exact output format requested (HTML using for paragraphs), the correction is represented as is. Here is the revised response in the requested HTML format: DESPATCH A copy accompanied your patch under acknowledgment, will be brought into use in this Colony so soon as a supply of the Forms, for which I have asked the Crown Agents, is received. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your Most Obedient Humble Servant, William Robinson, Governor. No.276 Date: 1896 Dec Previous Paper: No. Subsequent Paper: Hongkong No.333 (Subject.) Kowloon Farm Lot No.1 DESPATCH 523 Wen 5 Jan 91 280 Transmit memorial from Joh. Humphreys and others. (Minutes.) Land in the Kowloon promontory is becoming more & more valuable. If the memorialists want to be allowed to build, they must be prepared to do so on a shorter lease. I should be guided by the Director of Public Works, who is an excellent man & with whom the Governor concurs. C.P.L. 9. Jan at once Page 128 was kept, assuming it follows the six-line rule. However, the exact positioning (top or bottom) isn't directly controllable in the given HTML format, so it's presented as a separate paragraph.
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