CO129-291 - Governor Sir Blake - 1899 [5-6] — Page 161

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Page 158

9 June

Ausdy.25094

Sir,

I have had under consideration your Confidential Despatch of the 4th March last regarding the probable expenditure to be incurred in connexion with the new territory at Hongkong.

Generally I am prepared to approve the proposals in your Despatch.

As to the opium proposal I see from the minutes and private letters from Mr. Hamilton that we have dealt with it officially.

In regard to the Police, I also approve your proposal to hire three steam launches and am awaiting the further Despatch which you promise in regard to the purchase of launches.

...

drafted for minutes

Center 8382

Sin Ss & Wingfield 7 or Houghing. 99

158

Mr. Hi. W. Hannen

Mr. Antrobus.

Mr. Cox.

Mr. Lucas.

Mr. Graham.

Sir E. Wingfield.

Earl of Selborne.

Mr. Chamberlain.

BEP. Johnson 6/6

MINUTE.

DRAFT.

(212517)

Page 158

...

other arrangements besought.

must be temporary

despatch follows

brugkong Lauter Confl SiH. Blake

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Page 158 9 June Ausdy.25094 Sir, I have had under consideration your Confidential Despatch of the 4th March last regarding the probable expenditure to be incurred in connexion with the new territory at Hongkong. Generally I am prepared to approve the proposals in your Despatch. As to the opium proposal I see from the minutes and private letters from Mr. Hamilton that we have dealt with it officially. In regard to the Police, I also approve your proposal to hire three steam launches and am awaiting the further Despatch which you promise in regard to the purchase of launches. ... drafted for minutes Center 8382 Sin Ss & Wingfield 7 or Houghing. 99 158 Mr. Hi. W. Hannen Mr. Antrobus. Mr. Cox. Mr. Lucas. Mr. Graham. Sir E. Wingfield. Earl of Selborne. Mr. Chamberlain. BEP. Johnson 6/6 MINUTE. DRAFT. (212517) Page 158 ... other arrangements besought. must be temporary despatch follows brugkong Lauter Confl SiH. Blake I made the following changes: 1. Corrected spelling errors (e.g., "conson" to "consideration", "Confidentice" to "Confidential", "proporces" to "proposals", "regard to the Policen" to "regard to the Police", "purebase" to "purchase"). 2. Fixed spacing issues (e.g., removed extra spaces, added missing spaces). 3. Rejoined broken sentences. 4. Restored paragraph breaks. 5. Indicated missing words with `...`. 6. Formatted the text in HTML using `` for paragraphs. 7. Preserved original page numbering lines. 8. Removed any unnecessary text or comments. The original text appears to be a historical document, likely a letter or despatch, with various annotations and markings. The OCR output contained several errors, which I corrected while preserving the original content and structure.
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arusend,

other arrangements

besought.

wust be temporaz

datolite

despatch follas Grail

DRAFT.

brugkong Lauter Confl SiH. Blake

MINUTE.

BEP. Johnson 6/6

Mr.

Hi. W. Hannten

Mr. Antrobus.

Mr. Cox.

Mr. Lucas.

Mr. Graham.

?

Sir E. Wingfield.

Earl of Selborne.

Mr. Chamberlain.

drafted for

mintes

Center

8382

Sin Ss & Wingfield

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or Houghing.

99

158

9 June éq

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Sir,

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incurred in connexion with the

new territory at Hongkong-

Generally Am prepared to approve the proporces in

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As to the opium proposal

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private letters from M

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to the Policen set contriund

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Iales approve your propose

to hire there Sterin. launches &

am with awriting the further Despalch

which

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promise in regard

the purebase of launches-

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