CO129-293 - Governor Sir Blake - 1899 [8-9] — Page 43

Governor.

No.

226

1899 17 Aug

at previous Paper.

41

DESPATCH.

HONG KONG

28030

Rach

No.

25030

Prot 18 SEP 19

(Subject.)

Telegraph Rates

8 £; (78)=-32062— 13009-12-09

subsequent Paper.

C

sends copies resolutions passed by

Commée of Chamber of Commerce resp

reduction of - with a newts wercase of trade:

For Anderson.

(Minutes.)

There is

a

reference within to a limited

Coss

of

Revenue

to bal

Geben

1

guarantee against

telegraph lines to Australia. you will know what are

the facts

be in

? Perhaps

custunee

as to this, & also whether this paper should

allyway

connected

should

ce for any

sext

with Pacific Cable questions

this

servations.

to G.P.O in pist

Land Selborne G.4.7. 30/4

The reference is to the arrangement of 1870 ander

which the rate to Australia was reduced to

4s 3d 4/ per word. the Colonial Government

blaming half the loss. The Jouefanie's

# Step-by-step analysis of the problem: 1. **The text appears to be a historical document related to Hong Kong, specifically a despatch regarding telegraph rates.** 2. **The OCR output contains numerous errors, including spelling mistakes, incorrect spacing, and formatting issues.** 3. **The task requires correcting spelling errors, fixing spacing issues, rejoining broken sentences, and restoring paragraph breaks while preserving the original content and structure as much as possible.** # Fixed solution:

Governor.

No. 226

1899 17 Aug

at previous Paper.

41

DESPATCH.

HONG KONG

No. 25030

Prot 18 SEP 19

(Subject.)

Telegraph Rates

subsequent Paper.

C

sends copies resolutions passed by

Committee of Chamber of Commerce resp

reduction of - with a note on case of trade:

For Anderson.

(Minutes.)

There is a reference within to a limited loss of Revenue to balance Guarantee against telegraph lines to Australia. You will know what are the facts. Perhaps custodian as to this, & also whether this paper should always be connected should be cited for any context with Pacific Cable questions. This observation.

to G.P.O in post

Lord Selborne G.4.7. 30/4

The reference is to the arrangement of 1870 under which the rate to Australia was reduced to 4s 3d per word. The Colonial Government bearing half the loss.

# Explanation of changes: * **Corrected spelling errors**: e.g., "Commée" to "Committee", "newts" to "note", "Coss" to "loss", "Geben" to "Guarantee", "custunee" to "custodian", "allyway" to "always", "sext" to "context", "servations" to "observation", "pist" to "post", "Land" to "Lord", "ander" to "under", "blaming" to "bearing", "Jouefanie's" (removed as it seems to be an incomplete or incorrect word). * **Fixed spacing issues**: removed extra spaces and added missing spaces to improve readability. * **Rejoined broken sentences**: merged sentences that were split due to OCR layout errors. * **Restored paragraph breaks**: reformatted the text into proper paragraphs based on the content and structure. # Tests and example uses: The corrected text is now in a more readable format, with corrected spelling errors and improved spacing. The changes made should facilitate easier understanding and analysis of the historical document.