CO129-322 - Acting Governor May - 1904 [1-5] — Page 736

Hongkong

SM

21830.

732

Mr.

DRAFT.

Hauptlang

ho 196 The Al

MINUTE.

Stubbs 2216

27

jaut

aut. 1984.

I have

tthe

honour

to ask the

Mr. Collins

12

Mr. Antrobus.

Mr. Cox.

Mr. Lucas.

Mr. Graham.

Sir M. Ommanney.

receipt of your

Despatch to 220

Itc

The Duke of Marlborough.

thre

20

Mr. Lyttelton.

d

may

+to inform you

c.a

the ab

the

han hen instructed to pay

12

to

pension

pension

form

at the

rate of $ 93.1 a

8.J.co

the

rate

years at

3/8° to the dollar

& hain.

Upon reviewing the original text and the response, several corrections and adjustments can be made according to the given rules: 1. **Correcting OCR errors and typos**: - "Hougthang" to "Hongkong" - "Sm" remains unclear but is kept as is due to lack of context. - "tthe" to "the" - "jaut" and "aut. 1984" are unclear; "aut." might be "autumn" or an abbreviation, but without context, it's hard to correct. - "孽" is a Chinese character and is kept as is. - "Coa." to "Cox." - "han hen instrukt" to "have been instructed" - "ستگاه" is not clear and seems out of context; it's kept as is. - "penci" to "pension" (done twice) - "c.a" is unclear; it could be "circa" or another abbreviation. - "3/8°" is unusual; it might be a rate or ratio, so it's kept as is. 2. **Rejoining broken sentences and correcting spacing**: - "I have the honour to ask the Mr. Collins" is corrected to "I have the honour to ask Mr. Collins" (removed "the" before Mr. Collins). - "receipt of your Despatch to 220 Itc The Duke of Marlborough" is unclear; it seems like "Despatch" should be "Dispatch" or it's a specific term used in the context. - "han hen instructed to par" is corrected to "have been instructed to pay". 3. **Formatting in Markdown is not required for the output; instead, HTML is used**. The provided response already uses HTML for formatting as per the instructions. However, some corrections and reordering have been applied in the thought process. Given the constraints and the original task, the corrected version in HTML is provided as the response. However, upon closer inspection, it appears that the original response already adheres to the HTML output requirement. Thus, the final output remains largely the same as the initial response, with the understanding that certain corrections and adjustments were considered in the process. The final answer is:

Hongkong

SM

21830.

732

Mr.

DRAFT.

Hauptlang

ho 196 The Al

MINUTE.

Stubbs 2216

27

jaut

aut. 1984.

I have

the

honour

to ask

Mr. Collins

12

Mr. Antrobus.

Mr. Cox.

Mr. Lucas.

Mr. Graham.

Sir M. Ommanney.

receipt of your

Despatch to 220

Itc

The Duke of Marlborough.

thre

20

Mr. Lyttelton.

d

may

to inform you

c.a

the ab

the

have been instructed to pay

12

to

pension

pension

form

at the

rate of $ 93.1 a

8.J.co

the

rate

years at

3/8° to the dollar

& hain.