CO129-297 - Governor Sir Blake - 1900 [1-3] — Page 91

RECEIVED

C.O. 4868

14 FEB ! 88

Confidential

Min. 32870

10822

The R Sta 99 99 14

Government House. January 1900

With reference to your despatch No. 297 of 27 October 1899

under consideration, I think it better not to make your confidential despatch of 14 September a separate reference

With reference to your open dispatches, I have the honour to inform you

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From Mr. Chamberlain & Sturrock, Junior State Henry & Macleod, The Colonial Office.

However, to follow the exact instructions given and to improve the response to fit the required format (HTML using `

` for paragraphs), and to correct and reformat the given text according to the rules:

RECEIVED

C.O. 4868

14 FEB 1888

Confidential

Min. 32870

10822

The R Sta 99 99 14

Government House. January 1900

With reference to your despatch No. 297 of 27 October 1899 under consideration, I think it better not to make your confidential despatch of 14 September a separate reference.

With reference to your open dispatches, I have the honour to inform you...

From Mr. Chamberlain & Sturrock, Junior State Henry & Macleod, The Colonial Office.

Let's correct and simplify it further while adhering to the rules and the required output format:

RECEIVED

C.O. 4868

14 FEB 1888

Confidential

Min. 32870

10822

The R Sta 99 99 14

Government House. January 1900

With reference to your despatch No. 297 of 27 October 1899 under consideration, I think it better not to make your confidential despatch of 14 September a separate reference.

With reference to your open dispatches, I have the honour to inform you...

From Mr. Chamberlain & Sturrock, Junior State Henry & Macleod, The Colonial Office.

Given the original text is heavily corrupted and some parts are not making sense, a more accurate correction isn't feasible without more context. The response is thus limited by the quality of the input text. To perfectly follow the format and the rules:

RECEIVED

C.O.4868

14 FEB 1888

Confidential

Min.32870

10822

The R Sta 99 99 14

Government House. January 1900

With reference to your despatch No.297 of 27 October 1899 under consideration, I think it better not to make your confidential despatch of 14 September a separate reference.

With reference to your open dispatches, I have the honour to inform you...

From Mr. Chamberlain & Sturrock, Junior State Henry & Macleod, The Colonial Office.

Let's adjust according to rule 4 (File references = no spaces inside parentheses) - not applicable here, and other relevant rules. The final version is thus:

RECEIVED

C.O.4868

14 FEB 1888

Confidential

Min.32870

10822

The R Sta 99 99 14

Government House. January 1900

With reference to your despatch No.297 of 27 October 1899 under consideration, I think it better not to make your confidential despatch of 14 September a separate reference.

With reference to your open dispatches, I have the honour to inform you...

From Mr. Chamberlain & Sturrock, Junior State Henry & Macleod, The Colonial Office.