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Hongkong, October 2nd, 1906.

To His Excellency

Sir Matthew Nathan, K.C.M.G.,

Governor of the Colony of

Hongkong.

Dear Sir,

We have learned with deep regret

of the passing today of the Hon. Captain L. A. W. Barnes-

Lawrence.

This sad event has deprived his

wife and daughter of a loving husband and father and the

Colony of the services of a most painstaking and valuable

servant, whose position it will be difficult to replace.

As an official and a man, we, in

common with the entire shipping community, have learned to

respect and esteem him - uniformly courteous and obliging

under all circumstances; an honor to himself and the

Colony he so faithfully served.

We beg leave to express our heart-

felt condolence with yourself and the officials of the

Colony and also, through you, with his wife and daughters.

We subscribe ourselves,

Yours faithfully,

Pacific Mail Steamship Company, Occidental & Oriental Steamship

Company,

Toyo Kishen Kaisha,

Portland & Asiatic Steamship Company.

By

(sd.) S. Silverstone,

Agent.

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## Step-by-step analysis of the problem: 1. **The given text appears to be an OCR output of a historical document**. The text contains a mix of English and nonsensical characters, indicating errors in the OCR process. 2. **The document is a letter of condolence** from several shipping companies to the Governor of Hong Kong, Sir Matthew Nathan, regarding the passing of Captain L. A. W. Barnes-Lawrence. 3. **The text requires correction of spelling errors, removal of nonsensical characters, and proper formatting**. ## Fixed solution: ```html

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# Enclosure 2.

410

Hongkong, October 2nd, 1906.

To His Excellency

Sir Matthew Nathan, K.C.M.G.,

Governor of the Colony of

Hongkong.

Dear Sir,

We have learned with deep regret

of the passing today of the Hon. Captain L. A. W. Barnes-

Lawrence.

This sad event has deprived his

wife and daughter of a loving husband and father and the

Colony of the services of a most painstaking and valuable

servant, whose position it will be difficult to replace.

As an official and a man, we, in

common with the entire shipping community, have learned to

respect and esteem him - uniformly courteous and obliging

under all circumstances; an honor to himself and the

Colony he so faithfully served.

We beg leave to express our heart-

felt condolence with yourself and the officials of the

Colony and also, through you, with his wife and daughters.

We subscribe ourselves,

Yours faithfully,

Pacific Mail Steamship Company, Occidental & Oriental Steamship

Company,

Toyo Kishen Kaisha,

Portland & Asiatic Steamship Company.

By

(sd.) S. Silverstone,

Agent.

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