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        "content_text": "46\n\nhave to add, in justice to my creditors—assuring you, Sir, that the task is irksome and obnoxious to me in the last degree. I enter upon it.\n\nIt fell to my lot, Sir, and I freely confess the duty was congenial to my instincts as a soldier, though at the time administering this Government as a civilian, to have been called upon to place this island in a state to resist a probable siege, on the breaking out of the Russian war in 1854. It was a season of great public alarm, for a formidable Russian squadron had only just left our waters, and was supposed at the time to be lurking in our very estuary. However, by establishing a system of signals, by the erection of batteries on commanding points, augmenting our land and water police and organizing a corps of Volunteers (who unanimously elected me to be their colonel), I had the satisfaction of seeing the mind of this community reassured and native confidence re-established. I had the happiness of receiving on that occasion that reward, ever the most grateful one to my feelings from force of early associations, the prompt approbation of my immediate chief, the Secretary of State himself. Again, in the winter of 1856, in the absence of the Governor from the colony, it fell to my lot to render it service at a most perilous crisis in suppressing the rising of the Chinese inhabitants, by bringing to bear upon the émeute at the due moment that personal ascendancy over the desperadoes of the population which I had gained during my Career as Chief Magistrate. It was happily quelled without the loss of a single life, and I was heartily thanked by Sir John Bowring on his return from Canton, in the presence of the Secretary to the Superintendency, for having \"by presence of mind and prompt action at the critical moment, saved the effusion of blood in the streets of the city.\" His Excellency was pleased to instruct me forthwith to report in detail the whole matter to the Secretary of State, which I did accordingly, see despatch No. 196 of 22nd November, 1856. No covering despatch from Sir John Bowring, however, accompanied mine, and to this I attribute a simple acknowledgement from the Secretary of State, though how grateful would it have been to my feelings that one line of approval which I have ever looked upon as my highest reward.\n\nNow, on the eve of bidding this colony a final farewell, it only remains for me to express my earnest wishes for its future progress and prosperity. When I landed upon its shore some eighteen years ago I found it a desert hill-side, I leave it (to use a pardonable figure of speech) bespread with palaces, a beautiful\n\n47\n\nand well ordered city, a miracle of British enterprise and dormant power upon the frontier of this crumbling empire. In its infancy, a heavy drain upon the Imperial Exchequer, I have lived to see it in its consolidated strength, a self-supporting settlement, justifying its foundation and thriving in every branch of its industry.\n\nLet it not be supposed for one moment that I claim the credit of these happy results; I merely claim to have been one of the earliest and most confident pioneers of the experiment, and to have been, from the first, not uselessly, I trust, associated with its realization.\n\nBut I cannot help claiming it as a special auspice for myself, though due to no merit of mine, that it was under my administration the colony first made that extraordinary stride in prosperity which is sustained to this day. I happily seized the occasion of the first exodus from Canton in 1854 and in 1855, and the brief presence of those birds of passage amongst us, to originate the public sale of every inch of ground then available in this city and suburbs, and I may fairly claim it as the result of that seasonable stroke that many of those casual refugees became permanent settlers, and are at this moment identified inalienably and for ever with the future fortunes of this colony.\n\nThe European side of the colony has kept pace with that of the Chinese, and I may take this opportunity of affirming that, with the heads of the foreign community of all nations (my own countrymen especially), that is to say, with every individual in this place, coming under the denomination of a gentleman, I say, and I challenge any detractors to gainsay it, that with two casual exceptions, I have ever lived on terms of cordial esteem, and with all classes (saving a couple of vile newspaper editors), on terms of mutual respect and confidence. In conclusion it only remains for me to say (and I say it proudly), that during my whole colonial service, now in my eighteenth year, I have never suffered a single reproof from the Colonial Office, and I take this last opportunity of expressing my earnest gratitude to yourself, Sir, for that gracious recognition of my services contained in your despatch, No. 43, of the 1st October, 1858. Annexed is a schedule showing the nature of each enclosure attached.\n\nI have the honour to be,\n\nWith the highest respect, Sir,\n\nYour most obedient, humble servant,\n\n(Signed)\n\nW. CAINE.\n\nThe Rt. Hon. Sir Edward B. Lytton, Bart, M.P.,\n\nPrincipal Secretary of State for the Colonies, &c.\n\n63",
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        "content_text": "Say that for I follow\n\nMitataire\n\nin thinking that there are different military details in the Straits entitlements. As there is some anomaly, there appears in the hair officer ranking the 2nd place next to the Governor,\n\nalthough in the absence of latter the Col. has who stood\n\nMiuratel\n\nIn #: (0.\n\nbelow the pw. Officer the sem.:\n\n223\n\ntakes temp rank as Administrators the \"..\n\nabove him\n\n2 Camaraw\n\ndisposed to think that\n\nOnuncure\n\nA\n\nthe\n\nof a vacancy it will be desirable that the senior Officer (Major's memorandum) should be fixed\n\nof\n\n32 in the\n\nlist immediately below the Gov.\n\nSebay.\n\nIt for Commission\n\nThe Col. Sec., minted.\n\nComisar\n\nwere\n\nSiren\n\nDormant\n\nthat Officer would then assume take precedence\n\nSeryone\n\nmeant for the firmest.\"\n\nbut He thinks that the other alternative will be a preferable way of giving effect\n\nMINUTE PAPER.\n\nthe change.\n\n359\n\nRecently Li Camaren Largiren a Lt. for. Commission to the (Col.) Sec. of England, who also holds the Dormant Commission administrating during the Governor's absence, but His Lordship has been anxious to do nothing at all distasteful to the distinguished military officer who commands the troops\n\nin Hongkong, & he has accordingly specially directed that the Col. Sec. though appointed\n\nfor.\n\nshall\n\nnot take his proper post\n\n16 Zorz\n\nas\n\nfinal that remark\n\nin the Colony. But\n\nMurring\n\nremains\n\nan\n\na\n\nVacancy\n\nthe Officer in command\n\nof the troops will in virtue of the torrent Lt. for. Commission Refel\n\nHere is the revised version with proper formatting and corrections:\n\n## Original Text Corrections and Formatting\n\n### Mitataire\n\nin thinking that there are different military details in the Straits entitlements. As there is some anomaly, there appears in the hair officer ranking the 2nd place next to the Governor, although in the absence of latter the Col. has who stood\n\n### Minute Paper\n\n223 takes temp rank as Administrators the ... above him.\n\n2 Camaraw disposed to think that on occurrence of a vacancy it will be desirable that the senior Officer's (Major's memorandum) should be fixed of 32 in the list immediately below the Gov.\n\nIt for Commission\n\nThe Col. Sec., minted. Comisiar were Siren Dormant that Officer would then assume take precedence Seryone meant for the firmest.\" but He thinks that the other alternative will be a preferable way of giving effect to the change.\n\n359 Recently Li Camaren Largiren a Lt. for. Commission to the Col. Sec. of England, who also holds the Dormant Commission administrating during the Governor's absence, but His Lordship has been anxious to do nothing at all distasteful to the distinguished military officer who commands the troops in Hongkong, & he has accordingly specially directed that the Col. Sec. though appointed for. shall not take his proper post.\n\n### Vacancy\n\nthe Officer in command of the troops will in virtue of the torrent Lt. for. Commission Refel\n\nLet's reformat the text into proper Markdown and correct the errors.\n\n## Reformatted Text\n\nSay that for I follow\n\nMitataire\n\nin thinking that there are different military details in the Straits entitlements. As there is some anomaly, there appears in the senior officer ranking the 2nd place next to the Governor, although in the absence of the latter the Colonel has who stood\n\n...\n\n223 takes temporary rank as Administrators the ... above him.\n\n2 Camaraw disposed to think that on occurrence of a vacancy it will be desirable that the senior Officer's (Major's memorandum) should be fixed at 32 in the list immediately below the Governor.\n\nIt for Commission\n\nThe Colonel Secretary, mentioned. Commissioner were Siren Dormant that Officer would then assume take precedence. Everyone meant for the firmest.\" but He thinks that the other alternative will be a preferable way of giving effect to the change.\n\nMINUTE PAPER\n\n359 Recently Li Camaren Largiren a Lieutenant for. Commission to the Colonel Secretary of England, who also holds the Dormant Commission administrating during the Governor's absence, but His Lordship has been anxious to do nothing at all distasteful to the distinguished military officer who commands the troops in Hongkong, & he has accordingly specially directed that the Colonel Secretary though appointed for. shall not take his proper post.\n\n...\n\nthe Officer in command of the troops will in virtue of the torrent Lieutenant for. Commission Refel\n\nLet's output the reformatted text in HTML.\n\nSay that for I follow\n\nMitataire\n\nin thinking that there are different military details in the Straits entitlements. As there is some anomaly, there appears in the senior officer ranking the 2nd place next to the Governor, although in the absence of the latter the Colonel has who stood\n\n...\n\n223 takes temporary rank as Administrators the ... above him.\n\n2 Camaraw disposed to think that on occurrence of a vacancy it will be desirable that the senior Officer's (Major's memorandum) should be fixed at 32 in the list immediately below the Governor.\n\nIt for Commission\n\nThe Colonel Secretary, mentioned. Commissioner were Siren Dormant that Officer would then assume take precedence. Everyone meant for the firmest.\" but He thinks that the other alternative will be a preferable way of giving effect to the change.\n\nMINUTE PAPER\n\n359 Recently Li Camaren Largiren a Lieutenant for. Commission to the Colonel Secretary of England, who also holds the Dormant Commission administrating during the Governor's absence, but His Lordship has been anxious to do nothing at all distasteful to the distinguished military officer who commands the troops in Hongkong, & he has accordingly specially directed that the Colonel Secretary though appointed for. shall not take his proper post.\n\n...\n\nthe Officer in command of the troops will in virtue of the torrent Lieutenant for. Commission Refel",
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        "content_text": "Colonel Gormant, who had been sent out to Hong Kong among other places to assist in reporting upon its defensive capabilities, has received instructions from Her Majesty's Government to report to the local Committee on Defence.\n\nLord Kimberley will be glad to learn that Colonel Gormant has arrived in the Colony and took occasion also to report that the Commodore on station has not received instructions from the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.\n\nIf they have not already issued instructions to enable the",
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        "content_text": "22\n\n3\n\n413\n\ncaused by the system now in force at Hongkong.\n\nIn the present despatch, I still more beg leave to recommend an efficient remedy - namely, that the Officer Commanding Her Majesty's Troops in this Colony should be authorized to resume his former and proper position as Lieutenant-Governor, under a \"dormant\" Commission, in case of the death, absence, or incapacity of the Governor.\n\nIn support of this recommendation, I request permission to submit the following observations: (1) The General Commanding the Troops is the Senior Member of the Executive Council; and naturally (until a few years ago, when the system was altered in favour of the Colonial Secretary), succeeded to the administration of the Government whenever a temporary vacancy, from whatever cause, occurred in the office of Governor.\n\n(2) This succession of the General caused no disturbance in the Civil Service. In case of the death or absence of the General, he was himself replaced next in seniority, by the Military Officer next in that rank, that is, by the Colonel Commanding the Royal...",
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        "content_text": "# JOURNAL OFFICIEL DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE\n\n## Seizième année. N⚫ 64\n\n### Partie Officielle\n\n**Mouvements dans l'armée**\n\nM. de l'Eglise de Ferrier de Félix, colonel du 118e régiment d'infanterie, passe au commandement du 123e régiment de même arme, en remplacement de M. Picard, changé de corps.\n\nM. Lebrun, colonel du 108e régiment d'infanterie, passe au commandement du 118e régiment de même arme, en remplacement de M. de l'Eglise de Ferrier de Félix, changé de corps.\n\nM. Hecquet, colonel du 27e régiment d'infanterie, passe au commandement du 108e régiment de même arme, en remplacement de M. Lebrun, changé de corps.\n\nM. Picard, colonel du 123e régiment d'infanterie, passe au commandement du 27e régiment de même arme, en remplacement de M. Hecquet, changé de corps.\n\n**Cavalerie**\n\nPar décret ministériel du 2 mars 1884, M. Marchal, major du 6e régiment de cuirassiers, est passé aux fonctions de chef d'escadron dans le corps dont il fait partie, par échange d'emploi avec M. de Salles de Lys.\n\n**Écoles militaires**\n\nPar décision ministérielle du 25 février 1884, M. Bouchard, capitaine, professeur d'art militaire à l'école militaire d'infanterie, est passé au 102e régiment d'infanterie, en remplacement de M. Bosler, nommé chef de bataillon.\n\nPar décision ministérielle du 28 février 1884, M. Strobl, chef de bataillon au 83e régiment d'infanterie, a été nommé commandant en second de l'école militaire d'infanterie, en remplacement de M. Metzinger, passé au 3e régiment de Zouaves.\n\n### Partie Non Officielle\n\nParis, 4 Mars 1884,\n\nLe président de la Chambre des députés et M. Henri Brisson recevront, à l'hôtel de la présidence, ce soir à 5 heures.\n\nLe président du conseil, ministre des affaires étrangères, et M. Jules Ferry recevront, le samedi soir 8 mars, à l'hôtel du quai d'Orsay.\n\nLe ministre de la guerre recevra, à l'hôtel du ministère, ce soir 5 mars.\n\nLe ministre des postes et des télégraphes recevra, aujourd'hui 5 mars, à l'hôtel du ministère, 101, rue de Grenelle.\n\n## RAPPORT\n\nadressé\n\n**AU MINISTRE DE LA MARINE ET DES COLONIES**\n\nHanoï, le 19 janvier 1884.\n\nMonsieur le ministre,\n\nJ'ai l'honneur de vous rendre compte des opérations qui ont eu pour résultat la prise de l'inviolable Sontay.\n\n### Opérations militaires\n\nLe 11 décembre, au matin, le corps expéditionnaire, arrivant par la grande digue, opéra sa jonction et prit position à l'extrême gauche. Le Mousqueton, sur lequel se trouvait le chef d'état-major de la division navale, prit les devants du corps expéditionnaire pour aller indiquer le point de débarquement et vérifier les sondages d'après lesquels ce point avait été choisi quelques jours auparavant.\n\nUne première colonne (colonne de gauche), sous les ordres du colonel Belin, prenait la route de terre par Phu-Ocï et Phong, où elle devait passer la nuit.\n\nCette colonne comprenait :\n| Unités | Effectifs |\n| --- | --- |\n| Bataillons Jouneau et Le Tellier (tirailleurs algériens) et le bataillon Donnier (légion étrangère) | formant le régiment de marche du 19e corps |\n| Bataillon Roux (infanterie de marine) |  |\n| Auxiliaires tonkinois | 800, commandant Bertaud |\n| Batteries attelées de 4 de montagne et une batterie attelée de 65mm (artillerie de marine) |  |\n| Escouades de télégraphistes et une ambulance | 2 escouades et 1 ambulance |\n\nAprès avoir traversé le Day, elle devait rejoindre le lendemain l'autre fraction du corps expéditionnaire, qui prenait passage sur la flottille.\n\nCette seconde fraction (colonne de droite), commandée par le colonel Bichot, comprenait :\n| Unités | Effectifs |\n| --- | --- |\n| Bataillons Chevallier, Dalieu et Reygasse (infanterie de marine) | sous les ordres du colonel de Maussion |\n| Bataillon des fusiliers marins | commandant Laguerre |\n| Batteries traînées de 4 de montagne (artillerie de marine) | 3 batteries |\n| Batterie de 65mm du corps de débarquement de la division navale |  |\n| Escouades de télégraphistes et une ambulance | 2 escouades et 1 ambulance |\n\nLa flottille se composait ainsi qu'il suit :\n- Le Pluvier, la Trombe et l'Eclair, portant ensemble environ 1,500 hommes\n- Les petites canonnières Hache, Mousqueton, Yatagan, surveillant et protégeant la marche\n- La Fanfare, mouillée depuis longtemps au-dessus de Palan, dégageant le cours du fleuve en amont\n- Trois chaloupes à vapeur, chargées des communications\n- Un grand nombre de remorqueurs et de jonques, portant le reste des troupes et le matériel\n\nLa batterie de 80mm de campagne avait été embarquée, comme réserve, dans le chaland le Guan-Cam.\n\nLa Surprise restait à Hanoi pour protéger la ville et le cours du fleuve en aval.\n\nJ'avais mon pavillon sur le Pluvier.\n\nCe n'est pas seulement afin d'accélérer le mouvement que je dirigeais une partie du corps expéditionnaire par le fleuve. Presque certain que l'ennemi ne nous attendait point à l'endroit choisi pour le débarquement, je comptais que cette colonne donnerait à l'autre un vigoureux appui, si le passage du Day était disputé.\n\nLa flottille remonta le fleuve sans autre incident que quelques coups de hotchkiss tirés à grande distance sur des pavillons blancs qu'on aperçut près d'une pagode de la rive gauche, aux environs de Palan.\n\nÀ trois heures trente, je quittai le Pluvier et me transportai sur l'Eclair avec le colonel Bichot, le colonel Badens, le colonel Révillon et mon état-major général.\n\nLes troupes de la colonne étaient fatiguées ; il fallait attendre au lendemain pour franchir l'espace de 5 ou 6 kilomètres qui nous séparait des ouvrages avancés de Sontay.\n\nLe 12, à six heures et demie du matin, le corps expéditionnaire se mit en marche sur deux colonnes. Celle de gauche, commandée par le colonel Belin, suivait la grande digue intérieure ; celle de droite, commandée par le colonel Bichot, s'avançait par la route qui borde le Song Cui, tandis que la flottille la suivait à petite vitesse sans dépasser la tête des troupes.\n\nLe débarquement commença sous la direction du capitaine du Mousqueton et continua sans relâche au fur et à mesure que les navires chargés de troupes venaient accoster. Pendant ce temps, le Pluvier et les petites canonnières protégeaient l'opération, qui ne fut d'ailleurs nullement inquiétée par l'ennemi.\n\nÀ six heures du soir, infanterie, artillerie, chevaux et bagages étaient à terre.\n\nLes bataillons, aussitôt formés, avaient reçu l'ordre de pousser en avant, perpendiculairement au fleuve, jusqu'à la grande digue, située à deux ou trois kilomètres à l'intérieur, et de prendre leurs cantonnements en s'échelonnant dans les divers villages situés sur cette ligne.\n\nJe plaçai mon quartier général sur le bord du fleuve, restant ainsi en communication avec la flottille et avec le poste de télégraphie optique de Palan.\n\nCe poste me donna le soir même des nouvelles de la colonne de gauche.\n\nLe colonel Belin s'était avancé sans incident jusqu'au Day, y avait trouvé les jonques destinées à établir un pont ; il comptait le construire pendant la nuit et traverser le lendemain matin de bonne heure.\n\n### Description de Sontay\n\nIl convient, avant de commencer le récit des combats qui ont amené la prise de Sontay, de donner une description détaillée des nombreux ouvrages que l'ennemi avait accumulés aux abords de cette ville et qui en faisaient une forte place de guerre.\n\nLa citadelle de Sontay, située à 2 kilomètres du fleuve environ, forme un carré de 300 mètres de côté, entouré d'un mur en maçonnerie de 5 mètres de hauteur. Le mur est couronné de fraises constituées par des bambous croisés et liés entre eux. Cette ligne de fraises fait saillie à l'extérieur sur une largeur de deux mètres et présente un obstacle sérieux à l'escalade.\n\nLa partie supérieure du mur forme parapet de 1 mètre de largeur, sur lequel sont disposées des plates-formes pour l'artillerie et des abris pour les défenseurs. À 80 centimètres au-dessous de la crête du mur règne un terre-plein.\n\nAu milieu de chaque face se trouve une demi-tour circulaire de 30 mètres de diamètre, dont le flanc droit est percé d'une porte vadée. Un pont massif en briques traverse le fossé dans la direction de la capitale de la demi-tour. Une porte en bambous ferme l'entrée du pont ; une porte massive en bois ferme l'accès dans la demi-tour et dans la citadelle. La porte de l'Est est murée.\n\nUn fossé d'environ 20 mètres de large, profond de 3 mètres et rempli d'eau sur une profondeur de 1 mètre, entoure le rempart, dont il est séparé par une épaisse berme ou bande de terre de 8 mètres de large appelée Chemin des Éléphants ; les lèvres du fossé sont à pic et revêtus de maçonnerie.\n\nÀ l'intérieur de la citadelle, on distingue la tour en briques, de 18 mètres de hauteur, qui domine au loin. Le reste de la citadelle est occupé par les maisons des mandarins, les magasins à riz, vastes bâtiments visibles à l'extérieur, et d'autres édifices publics.\n\nAutour de la citadelle se trouve la ville, qui se compose de quatre rangées de maisons en briques ou en torchis disposées le long des routes aboutissant aux quatre portes de l'enceinte extérieure. Ces portes sont en maçonnerie massive ; celles de l'Est et de l'Ouest sont murées en terre, celles du Nord et du Sud seules peuvent s'ouvrir : les portes sont reliées par un retranchement composé d'un parapet en terre de 4 à 5 mètres de hauteur, percé d'embrasures et de créneaux revêtus en bois de clayonnage, permettant aux défenseurs de tirer le fusil ou le canon sans être vus de dehors. Le parapet est entouré d'un fossé de...\n\n### Suite des opérations\n\nDans la matinée du 12, je parcourus les positions avec le colonel Bichot et le chef d'état-major et je reconnus le pays. Complètement plat, et relativement sec à cette époque de l'année, il est couvert de villages boués, généralement entourés d'épaisses haies de bambous, qui en font de petites forteresses. Ces villages laissent entre eux des espaces dégagés couverts de rizières et de champs de cannes à sucre.\n\nDans l'après-midi du 12, toute la colonne de droite fut portée en avant et établie, depuis le fleuve jusqu'à la grande digue, sur une ligne de 2 kilomètres de développement, perpendiculaire à la rive, passant par le village de Xuyen-Van, où s'établit le quartier général. Les bataillons étaient rangés dans l'ordre suivant, à partir de la droite :\n- Bataillon Chevallier, s'appuyant au fleuve\n- Bataillon des fusiliers marins, commandant Laguerre, à côté du quartier général\n- Bataillon Reygasse\n- Bataillon Dalieu, à l'extrême gauche, s'appuyant à la digue\n\nL'artillerie, sous les ordres du colonel Révillon, était placée un peu en arrière du quartier général.\n\nCependant, la colonne de gauche rencontrait de grandes difficultés pour traverser le Day. Le pont établi dans la nuit s'était rompu et le colonel Belin s'était vu obligé de faire le va-et-vient avec des jonques, non sans éprouver de sérieux embarras pour le transport des canons et des chevaux. Ce passage, effectué d'ailleurs sans résistance, occupa toute la journée du 12 et la nuit était déjà fort avancée quand les troupes purent prendre leurs cantonnements.\n\nC'est seulement le 13, à midi, que la colonne de gauche put rejoindre la colonne de droite...",
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        "content_text": "D \n\n380 \n\n5. \n\nI venture to urge most strongly that the Dormant Commission of the 14th October, 1903, should be cancelled and that, as in Ceylon, the administration should in the Governor's absence devolve upon the officer, whether substantive or acting, \"for the time being lawfully discharging the functions of Colonial Secretary\". \n\nIf Your Lordship considers it desirable it would be possible to avoid hurting the feelings of General Ventris by providing that so long as he is here he shall administer the Government in preference to an acting Colonial Secretary, but I beg that this arrangement may not extend to his successors. There are many points on which the views and interests of the Military Authorities are not in accordance with what I believe to be the interests of the Colony and no military officer can possibly have the knowledge and experience possessed by the senior civil officers of a country where intimate local knowledge is of immense importance. \n\n6. \n\nI would ask that this matter may be regarded as one of urgency since it is possible that Major-General Ventris may be absent for some months and in the event of anything happening to me the administration would be automatically assumed by Colonel Young - a contingency which I cannot contemplate without the gravest misgiving. \n\n* \n\nI have the honour to be, \n\nMy Lord, \n\nYour Lordship's most obedient, \n\nhumble servant, \n\nH. St. J. \n\nGovernor,&c. \n\nI made the following changes:\n1. Corrected \"Be. Statky\" to \"H. St. J.\" (likely \"H. St. John\" or similar, a common abbreviation for a Governor's name).\n2. Corrected minor spacing issues.\n3. Formatted the text into proper paragraphs using HTML ``.",
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        "page_number": 98,
        "title": "CO129-591-11 Emergency unit 1-1-1945 - 31-12-1945",
        "content_text": "98\n\nA good deal of consideration has, therefore,\n\nbeen given on a departmental level to the possibility\n\nof forestalling such a seizure by the formation of an\n\nemergency group of British officers prepared with\n\ndormant and temporary powers of Government who would\n\nbe as near the spot as possible, ready to go in if\n\nthe situation arose and to assume the responsibility\n\nfor the civil government until the arrival of the\n\nregular Civil Affairs administration.\n\nIt is thought, that the nucleus of such a\n\nunit is likely to be available in the British Army\n\nliaison Group. Colonel Hide, the Officer-in-Charge of\n\nthe Group, who was previously on the staff of Hong\n\nKong University and has been in South China in\n\nclose touch with Hong Kong ever since his escape,\n\nwould seem to be the suitable person to lead such\n\nan emergency administration.\n\nIt is thought that he",
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        "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案",
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        "page_number": 105,
        "title": "CO129-591-11 Emergency unit 1-1-1945 - 31-12-1945",
        "content_text": "105\n\nor commander of irregular bands for the purpose of\n\nloot or glory. If such a coup by Chinese were successful\n\nit seems probable that it would receive the support of\n\nChungking and thus when we wished to establish our own\n\nBritish administration a situation of considerable political\n\nembarrassment would result.\n\nA good deal of consideration has, therefore, been given\n\non a departmental level to the possibility of forestalling\n\nsuch a seizure by the formation of an emergency group of\n\nBritish officers prepared with dormant and temporary powers\n\nof Government who would be as near the spot as possible,\n\nready to go in if the situation arose and to assume the\n\nresponsibility for the civil government until the arrival\n\nof the regular Civil Affairs administration.\n\nIt is thought that the nucleus of such a unit is likely\n\nto be available in the British Army Aid Group. Colonel Ride,\n\nthe Officer-in-Charge of the Group, who was previously on\n\nthe staff of Hong Kong University and has been in South China\n\nin close touch with Hong Kong ever since his escape, would\n\nseem to be the suitable person to lead such an emergency\n\nadministration.\n\nIt is thought that he could reinforce the\n\nmembers/\n\n$",
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