CO129-307 - Governor Sir Blake - 1901 [10-12] — Page 214

RAFT.
The Secretary to the
Treasury
Gou
36407/1901
Hong Kong
Indexed General'
211
13 November 1901
happery and 7/11/1901
Rouma
9/11
Round 11/11. to you how
PW40 12/8.
Ansd. 41066:1
Siz
9

am directed by
M? Secretary Chamberlain
to state for the information
of the Lords Commissioners
of the Treasury that
Governor of Hong Kong
the
has asked
that
the
services
of
of the Second
my cages for
Hongkong
whome
5

This new offra
Division Clarksving in
and I hope this matter [se 29157] belonging to the stom Civil Service
will be pressed firewa
Emp
9/01
inh it had bella jo forward to
okalite dame time
their increments.
be
may
placed at his disposal
to organise and m superintend
sades the Registry of the
(monial

However, to follow the exact output format as requested and to apply the rules for OCR proofreading:

RAFT.

The Secretary to the Treasury

Gou 36407/1901 Hong Kong Indexed General' 211 13 November 1901

happery and 7/11/1901 Rouma 9/11 Round 11/11. to you how PW40 12/8. Ansd. 41066:1 Siz 9

am directed by M? Secretary Chamberlain to state for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury that Governor of Hong Kong the has asked that the services of of the Second my cages for Hongkong whome 5

This new offra Division Clarksving in and I hope this matter [se 29157] belonging to the stom Civil Service will be pressed firewa Emp 9/01 inh it had bella jo forward to okalite dame time their increments. be may placed at his disposal to organise and m superintend sades the Registry of the (monial

Let's correct and reformat according to the given rules. ## Step 1: Correcting OCR output First, let's address the obvious errors and reformat the text. ## Step 2: Apply the rules for OCR proofreading - Correct spelling errors: "happery" to "happy", "Rouma" to "Rome", "M?" to "Mr.", "cages" to "clerk", "whome" to "whom", "offra" to "offer", "Clarksving" to "Clerk serving", "stom" to "Colonial", "firewa" to "forward", "Emp" to "Empire", "okalite" to "Colonial", "monial" to "Colonial". - Fix spacing issues and rejoin broken sentences. - The text seems to be a draft letter, so we'll keep the original structure as much as possible. ## Step 3: Reformat the text After correction, the text becomes:

RAFT.

The Secretary to the Treasury

Gou 36407/1901 Hong Kong Indexed General' 211 13 November 1901

Happy and 7/11/1901 Rome 9/11 Round 11/11. to you how PW40 12/8. Ansd. 41066:1 Size 9

I am directed by Mr. Secretary Chamberlain to state for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury that the Governor of Hong Kong has asked that the services of the Second Clerk serving in Hongkong whom ...

This new offer Division Clerk serving in and I hope this matter [se 29157] belonging to the Colonial Civil Service will be pressed forward to Empire 9/01 in it had been jo forward to Colonial time their increments. be may placed at his disposal to organise and superintend the Registry of the Colonial

Let's simplify and directly output the corrected version in HTML format as requested.

RAFT.

The Secretary to the Treasury

Gou 36407/1901 Hong Kong Indexed General' 211 13 November 1901

Happy and 7/11/1901 Rome 9/11 Round 11/11. to you how PW40 12/8. Ansd. 41066:1 Size 9

I am directed by Mr. Secretary Chamberlain to state for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury that the Governor of Hong Kong has asked that the services of the Second Clerk serving in Hongkong whom ... 5

This new offer ... Division Clerk serving in and I hope this matter [se 29157] belonging to the Colonial Civil Service will be pressed forward to Empire 9/01 in it had been jo forward to Colonial time their increments. be may placed at his disposal to organise and superintend the Registry of the Colonial