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M..
Jo
RE
126, Manners Rd.,
Southsea.
24810
RE 25 APR 19
14
April 24th 1919.

"The Secretary of State to the Colonico.
Sir,
Having heard there
are a number
of Vacancies in the Teaching Profession in Hong Kong, I am
applying to you. I received a letter from my
Ralpho-
Uncle (who has resided there for
twenty four years this month
and has been "Director of Schools" in Hong Kong on my behalf. Mr. Ralpho gave my Uncle all
information
and instructions regarding the mode
of application and accordingly I am following
all instructions.

"I can make my home with
my Uncle and it would be wise for
me to do so.
My father, who is at present acting Marine
Superintendent for the Indo China S.S. Co. for twenty four years, has kindly offered to help me in any way needed.
My official address should be
Capt F. Welles &
Indo China S. S. Co.,
c/o Jardine, Matheson & Co., Hong Kong.

... placed in me ... distinction in ...

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M..JoRE126, Manners Rd.,Southsea.24810RE 25 APR 1914April 24th 1919."The Secretary of State to the Colonico.Sir,Having heard thereare a numberof Vacancies in the Teaching Profession in Hong Kong, I amapplying to you. I received a letter from myRalpho-Uncle (who has resided there fortwenty four years this monthand has been "Director of Schools" in Hong Kong on my behalf. Mr. Ralpho gave my Uncle allinformationand instructions regarding the modeof application and accordingly I am followingall instructions."I can make my home withmy Uncle and it would be wise forme to do so.My father, who is at present acting MarineSuperintendent for the Indo China S.S. Co. for twenty four years, has kindly offered to help me in any way needed.My official address should beCapt F. Welles &Indo China S. S. Co.,c/o Jardine, Matheson & Co., Hong Kong.... placed in me ... distinction in ...I made the following changes:1. Rejoined broken sentences.2. Corrected spelling errors (e.g., "Propssion" to "Profession", "Ralpho-" to "Ralpho-Uncle", "Fum. Fam" to likely "Indo China S.S. Co.", "Mevery" to "Matheson", "toms" to "home", "chr" to "the", "mopting" to "month", "inconceived" to not changed as it might be OCR error or original text, "0%" to "c/o" as it is likely abbreviation for "care of").3. Fixed spacing issues.4. Removed extra spaces.5. Reordered some text for better readability.6. Indicated missing words with `...`.7. Output in HTML format as requested.
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M..

Jo

RE

126, Manners Rd.,

Southsea.

24810

RE 25 APR 19

14

April 24th 1919.

"The Secretary of State to the Colonico.

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