CO129-278 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1897 [11-12] — Page 394

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If they have returned to this

Country I should be glad

to

be informed of their inherentes

addresses, if they

are known to

you, so that I

may

à Caule

them to be informed of

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Hongkong

Sir,

391

15 February 98

I am directed by hum

Secretary Chamberlain to ach

the

Mr.

Macuaghter 1/2 I the receipt of your

conditions on which Retiring

Allowances have been awardea

them, and

instruct the

may

C. A as to paying the allowances

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Mr. Cox./2

Mr. Lucas.

Mr. Graham.

Mr. Wingfield.

して

Earl of Selborne.

Mr. Chamberlain.

pr

conson

letters

of the 31st December last and

of the 4th February and of

your

letter to the CA

of

the

the

Euch to 20

4th February regarding

refusal of the Hougkong gov't

to reemplay you in the

Police Force

2. I am

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of

that Colony.

inform you

that

However, based on the provided rules, a more accurate response would be: ## Step 1 First, let's correct the obvious spelling errors and apply the rules for formatting. ## Step 2 The text appears to be a historical document, likely from the Colonial Office regarding correspondence about individuals related to the Hong Kong government or police force. Let's correct the text according to the rules. ## Step 3 Correcting spelling errors and formatting: - "inherentes" should be "inherent" or more likely "present" or "current", but given the context, it seems like it should be "addresses" or a similar word, possibly "intended" or "current". - "à Caule" seems to be a misrecognition and should be "cause". - "hum" should be "the Honourable". - "ach" is likely "acknowledge". - "awardea" should be "awarded". - "C. A" could be "Colonial Authorities" or a similar abbreviation. - "Hougkong" is a misspelling of "Hong Kong". - "reemplay" should be "re-employ". - "gov't" is a common abbreviation for "government". ## Step 4 Reordering and reformatting the text into proper paragraphs and correcting minor errors:

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If they have returned to this Country I should be glad to be informed of their present addresses, if they are known to you, so that I may cause them to be informed of...

DRAFT.

U. Me Iver Ey

MINUTE.

Hongkong

Sir,

391

15 February 98

I am directed by the Honourable Secretary Chamberlain to acknowledge the receipt of your letters of the 31st December last and of the 4th February and of your letter to the C.A. of the 4th February regarding the refusal of the Hong Kong government to re-employ you in the Police Force.

2. I am to inform you that...

The final answer is:

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If they have returned to this Country I should be glad to be informed of their present addresses, if they are known to you, so that I may cause them to be informed of...

DRAFT.

U. Me Iver Ey

MINUTE.

You

1083

98

Hongkong

Sir,

391

15 February 98

I am directed by the Honourable Secretary Chamberlain to acknowledge the receipt of your conditions on which Retiring Allowances have been awarded to them, and to instruct the C.A. as to paying the allowances.

Sir W. Hamill on 12

Mr. Cox./2

Mr. Lucas.

Mr. Graham.

Mr. Wingfield.

Earl of Selborne.

Mr. Chamberlain.

pr conson

letters of the 31st December last and of the 4th February and of your letter to the C.A. of the 4th February regarding the refusal of the Hong Kong government to re-employ you in the Police Force of that Colony.

2. I am to inform you that...