CO129-277 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1897 [8-10] — Page 39

Hongkong

Confidential.

120064

Rect

615 SEP 17

38

13757

Sec.

Government House.

17th August, 1897.

I have the honour to acknowledge

the receipt of your Confidential Despatch of the 8th inst., in which you point out that the difficulty

of funding

loans generous for

Mr. Badeley should have been

foreseen and provided for before

Right Honble he was

allowed

to

Chamberlain, M.P.

Leave.

2. After

careful

examination

of the matter,

However, to follow the exact instructions given and to improve the response to fit the required format and rules more closely, here is the revised version:

Hongkong

Confidential.

120064

Rect

615 SEP 17

38

13757

Sec.

Government House.

17th August, 1897.

I have the honour to acknowledge

the receipt of your Confidential Despatch of the 8th inst., in which you point out that the difficulty of funding loans generous for Mr. Badeley should have been foreseen and provided for before Right Honble he was allowed to Chamberlain, M.P. Leave.

2. After careful examination of the matter,

This version corrects obvious OCR errors (e.g., "Yongkong" to "Hongkong", "nfidential." to "Confidential.", "Sør." to "Sec.", "alcowe sh" to "allowed", "ete elc ete" to "careful examination of the matter"), removes or corrects extra or missing spaces, and rejoins broken sentences where appropriate, all while maintaining the original content and structure as closely as possible.