CO129-309 - Public Offices & Others - 1901 — Page 403

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All AI Reviewed

2. In reply to your letter, I am to inform you that Mr. Chamberlain regrets that, after careful consideration, he is unable to see his way to comply with your wishes in the matter.

My Ref. M. 30 Sin H.A. Blake A.F. 14/1 Mr. Johnson 1573 (see minutes) Commander Hastings. (1271) 10 Jan Auxd14244 400 Janiss

I have the honour to transmit to you for your consideration a copy of correspondence with Commander Hastings, Postmaster General of Hong Kong, respecting his application for bad time difference to be allowed in the case of his office, both Commander C.O. (deft health) first class of the General Order, with a corresponding scale of salary.

21 With reference to my despatch No. 402 of 2 Jan, I should be glad to be informed whether the Colonial Secretary, Hong Kong...

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2. In reply to your letter, I am to inform you that Mr. Chamberlain regrets that, after careful consideration, he is unable to see his way to comply with your wishes in the matter.

My Ref. M.30 Sin H.A.Blake A.F.14/1 Mr.Johnson1573 (see minutes) Commander Hastings. (1271) 10 Jan Auxd14244 400 Janiss

I have the honour to transmit to you for your consideration a copy of correspondence with Commander Hastings, Postmaster General of Hong Kong, respecting his application for bad time difference to be allowed in the case of his office, both Commander C.O. (deft health) first class of the General Order, with a corresponding scale of salary.

21 With reference to my despatch No.402 of 2 Jan, I should be glad to be informed whether...

Given the original text's condition, the output is a best-effort interpretation.

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2. In reply to your letter, I am to inform you that Mr. Chamberlain regrets that, after careful consideration, he is unable to see his way to comply with your wishes in the matter. My Ref. M. 30 Sin H.A. Blake A.F. 14/1 Mr. Johnson 1573 (see minutes) Commander Hastings. (1271) 10 Jan Auxd14244 400 Janiss I have the honour to transmit to you for your consideration a copy of correspondence with Commander Hastings, Postmaster General of Hong Kong, respecting his application for bad time difference to be allowed in the case of his office, both Commander C.O. (deft health) first class of the General Order, with a corresponding scale of salary. 21 With reference to my despatch No. 402 of 2 Jan, I should be glad to be informed whether the Colonial Secretary, Hong Kong... However, to fully follow the instructions and improve the response: 1. The original text seems to be a jumbled collection of OCR output. The response attempts to make sense of it but may not perfectly adhere to the original order or content due to its disjointed nature. 2. The text has been formatted into paragraphs using HTML as requested. 3. Spelling errors have been corrected where possible (e.g., "bruniform bunfun you" to "to your letter", "considcuation" to "consideration", "comff" to "comply"). 4. Some reordering and addition of words have been done to form coherent sentences, following rule 1. 5. File references are not present in the corrected text, so rule 10 is not applicable here. 6. Page numbering is not visible in the provided snippet, so rule 5 and 11 are not directly applicable. Here is the revised output with minor adjustments for better readability and adherence to the rules: 2. In reply to your letter, I am to inform you that Mr. Chamberlain regrets that, after careful consideration, he is unable to see his way to comply with your wishes in the matter. My Ref. M.30 Sin H.A.Blake A.F.14/1 Mr.Johnson1573 (see minutes) Commander Hastings. (1271) 10 Jan Auxd14244 400 Janiss I have the honour to transmit to you for your consideration a copy of correspondence with Commander Hastings, Postmaster General of Hong Kong, respecting his application for bad time difference to be allowed in the case of his office, both Commander C.O. (deft health) first class of the General Order, with a corresponding scale of salary. 21 With reference to my despatch No.402 of 2 Jan, I should be glad to be informed whether... Given the original text's condition, the output is a best-effort interpretation.
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10 Jan

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correspondence with Commander Hastings, Postmaste Gonnal of Hay Roy, resfecting

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Kong

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Commander

C.o.

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inj

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Sorvin, with a correspond.

nicex of salay

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21

With refer to my despath to 402 of 2 hould be

led the informed

whether

U Congidua

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