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        "document_key": "CO129-031 - Public Offices - 1849",
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        "content_text": "Hong Kong Treasury Chambers 4th January 1849.\n\nG.D JAN 5 1849\n\nI am commanded by the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to transmit to you the accompanying Bond, which has been prepared for execution by SW. W. J. Mercer, as Treasurer of Hong Kong.\n\nI request that you will move Earl Grey to cause the same to be transmitted to the Governor at Hong Kong, with directions that the Bond may be duly executed by the Treasurer, and returned to this Country.\n\nI am at the same time to state that the Bonds of the said Treasurer and his Sureties have been duly executed, and are now deposited at the Treasury, all the expenses attendant thereon, and also incurred...\n\nMerucan Merivale Esq\n\nPage information is not present in the given text, however, the original text contains some non-English characters and OCR errors. The above response is a proofread version, formatted according to the given rules.\n\nRe-formatted to meet the exact requirement without extra text:\nHong Kong Treasury Chambers 4th January 1849.\n\nG.D JAN 5 1849\n\nI am commanded by the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to transmit to you the accompanying Bond, which has been prepared for execution by SW. W. J. Mercer, as Treasurer of Hong Kong.\n\nI request that you will move Earl Grey to cause the same to be transmitted to the Governor at Hong Kong, with directions that the Bond may be duly executed by the Treasurer, and returned to this Country.\n\nI am at the same time to state that the Bonds of the said Treasurer and his Sureties have been duly executed, and are now deposited at the Treasury, all the expenses attendant thereon, and also incurred...\n\nMerucan Merivale Esq",
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        "title": "CO129-031 - Public Offices - 1849",
        "content_text": "Adm \n\n1 \n\nbeen left unimproved and that the Owners were either dead, unknown, or had left the Colony, no other course than that which he adopted seems to have been open to our Bonham. We would accordingly submit that his proceedings in this matter should be approved.\n\nWe have the honor to be \n\nJom Pedrent \n\nHumble servants, \n\nSW Mundoch \n\nAmandyword \n\nTigrissy Lord Guys \n\nMr Ellect. \n\nMr. Blackwood. \n\napproval to the \n\nbe \n\nA Draft may be prepared accordingly. \n\nats.6/ \n\n1783 Hong Kong \n\n154 \n\nVide to Tren's 50p!/4 \n\nRECENT \n\nMAR 1 \n\n? \n\nSir, \n\nColonial Land and Emigration office \n\n28th Feb? 1849. \n\nWe have the honor to acknowledge \n\nNo 93. 24 Nov? 1848 \n\nyour letters \n\nof \n\nthe 29th and 30th Ultimo \n\nNo 89.-18th Nov. 1848 \n\nNo98. 18 Nov? 1848 \n\ntransmitting despatches from the Governor \n\nof Hong Kong relating to sales \n\nin that \n\nColony. \n\n2. The despatch transmitted \n\nby your \n\nletter \n\nof \n\nthe 29th states the grounds \n\non which \n\nthe Governor \n\nproposed to \n\ngrant the Lease \n\nof \n\na \n\nsmall slip of Land to Mr Braine \n\non \n\nterms \n\nmore favorable than \n\nhe \n\nwould \n\nbe authorized by his \n\npresent \n\nInstructions from Herman Merivale",
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        "document_key": "CO129-041 - Public Offices - 1852",
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        "title": "CO129-041 - Public Offices - 1852",
        "content_text": "day being one of \n\nMor Memale. \n\nThere is not time to communicate this to Mr. Hallifax, but I presume that he will be \n\noccupied with work the \n\nAdmiralty on the Company & \n\nmade his \n\nPut by \n\n10,37 trong ứng \n\nRECEIVER \n\nDEC, J \n\n1852 \n\n24 \n\nSirber Bonhoun mp. 8 Bee/ 52 \n\n22 key 51 \n\nm \n\nAdmiralty 30° No 57452 \n\nHis Excellency Sir L. G. Bonham, KCB \n\nGovernor of Hong Kong \n\nhaving been provided with \n\nContract Passage from that Place to this Country \n\nbetween the 30th March and 20 May last, and the sum of £104 having been paid by the Naval \n\nDepartment \n\non account thereof, I am commanded \n\nby my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to request that Secretary Sir John Pakington will cause the above amount to be refunded to Her Majesty's \n\nPaymaster General for Naval Services who has \n\nbeen instructed to receive it \n\nMerrivale EM \n\nJane Sw \n\nYour most obedient Servant \n\nColonial Department",
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        "content_text": "that this privilege would be \n\nconceded to me. \n\nas usual, no \n\ndeviation from former practice \n\nor modification of former \n\narrangements in this respect may \n\nthus be \n\nallowed to take retrospective effect. \n\nI have the honor to be, \n\nYour obedient Servant-\n\nM. Merivale \n\nThe question of granting return \n\nPassages at the Contract \n\nPorts, as desired by Sir J. Pakington \n\nduring his leave of absence is, I believe still undecided, \n\nor rather has been reopened, \n\nand was \n\nBefore the Admiralty \n\nI believe. In the meantime \n\n...\n\nChief Magistrate \n\nof Hong Kong. \n\n[...]\n\nC. W. B. Hamilton \n\nMINUTE \n\nNOVEMBER \n\nMerivale to Sir J. Pakington \n\n1/12 \n\nrequest that you will \n\nmove the Lords Commissioners \n\nof the Admiralty to give \n\ndirections that a passage \n\nto Hong Kong be provided at the Contract \n\nPorts free of charge for \n\nC. B. Hamilton the Chief Magistrate of the Colony, \n\nthe Peninsula and \n\nOriental Company's steamer being about to Sail. \n\nThe original text appears to be a historical document with some OCR errors. I have corrected some obvious errors, such as \"on of\" to \"deviation from\", \"whoy of\" to (not corrected as it seems to be a name or title), \"Lu,\" to (not corrected), \"budove\" to \"believe\", and \"sw\" to (not corrected as it is unclear). I have also reformatted the text into paragraphs and corrected some spacing issues. The text still contains some unclear or missing parts, indicated by \"...\" or \"[...]\" where necessary. However, I have not rephrased or rewritten the text, and have preserved the original content as much as possible. \n\nHere is the revised response in HTML format as requested:\n\nthat this privilege would be \n\nconceded to me. \n\nas usual, no \n\ndeviation from former practice \n\nor modification of former \n\narrangements in this respect may \n\nthus be \n\nallowed to take retrospective effect. \n\nI have the honor to be, \n\nYour obedient Servant-\n\nM. Merivale \n\nThe question of granting return \n\nPassages at the Contract \n\nPorts, as desired by Sir J. Pakington \n\nduring his leave of absence is, I believe still undecided, \n\nor rather has been reopened, \n\nand was \n\nBefore the Admiralty \n\nI believe. In the meantime \n\n...\n\nChief Magistrate \n\nof Hong Kong. \n\n[...]\n\nC. W. B. Hamilton \n\nMINUTE \n\nNOVEMBER \n\nMerivale to Sir J. Pakington \n\n1/12 \n\nrequest that you will \n\nmove the Lords Commissioners \n\nof the Admiralty to give \n\ndirections that a passage \n\nto Hong Kong be provided at the Contract \n\nPorts free of charge for \n\nC. B. Hamilton the Chief Magistrate of the Colony, \n\nthe Peninsula and \n\nOriental Company's steamer being about to Sail.",
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        "document_key": "CO129-043 - Sir Bonham - 1853 [7-12]",
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        "content_text": "Page 1\n\n...\n\nGovernor Sir John Bowring\n\nW. Merivale\n\nNo 3.\n\nN:98\n\n415\n\n91\n\nM\n\nFeb. 56\n\n95\n\n2.77\n\nMr. Peal Bake of Newcastle 25. mom\n\nlastruckin\n\n7\n\n25 January 1884.\n\nI have to acknow.\n\nledge\n\nBonham's\n\nThe\n\nbegeven Suffending Cornfundeer Despatch M:95 of 8 Between this office & Wongthing?\n\nRd.G. theich Antingen 26th December last, tran=\n\nto correspond Ruetly with\n\nses, things or bushalter bite Mitting a farther Memorial\n\nEven in cases, hach as We? From SW. Phortude, in\n\nforesen with ithin thlag.\n\nmay\n\nblasenher to kaal. which that Gentleman\n\nreprevents that the puchost.\n\nof\n\nhis former\n\nCommunica:\n\nwas misunderstood,\n\nMer Merialo\n\nThe Memorialist now states that his object.. has been mistiken, & that he did rech\n\nsuch redress but the repeal of\n\nthe Law of Lebel os existing\n\nTo Gogh\n\nThe question\n\nrained by dr Rostrede is, whether 1: Camphilli\n\nLW Ach\n\nhaldad\n\nIn the\n\nlaw in\n\nH. Kans\n\nwell as\n\n644\n\nExgland. I am\n\n7\n\nmyself awan of no reason gainst\n\nExtending that law to\n\nall Buitish potehnise, unt des and consider it right sennel principéen to didah to colonial byülchure on sanka subject, in this I think umesh the best anson to the respalt?\n\nt. vefi\n\n717\n\n/melnure.\n\nN98.\n\nReceived.\n\nto Anghong.\n\nCampbell's act), be extended\n\n3 and 7 Victoria, Chap: 96. (2002)\n\nprovisions of the Inserial Act\n\nShortredie, urging that the\n\nanother Memorial from M2\n\nbctober last, and trammitting\n\nGraces Despatch 1.32 54 155\n\nAcknowledging receipt of his\n\n\"Tyrvangin di Ding my 3 167\n\nGovernor Sir Kec. Bonham, 34,\n\n26 December, 1853.\n\nVictoria, HongKow,\n\n1\n\nEX\n\nPage XX\n\nAfter reordering and proofreading, here is the corrected version in HTML format:\n\nGovernor Sir John Bowring\n\nW. Merivale\n\nNo 3.\n\nN:98\n\nFeb. 56\n\nMr. Peal Baker of Newcastle 25.\n\n25 January 1854.\n\nI have to acknowledge\n\nBonham's Despatch M:95 of 8th Between this office & Wongthing?\n\nRd.G. the 26th December last, tran=\n\nto correspond Ruetly with\n\nses, things or bushalter bite Mitting a farther Memorial\n\nEven in cases, such as We? From SW. Phortude, in\n\nforeseen with ithin thlag.\n\nmay\n\nblasenher to kaal. which that Gentleman\n\nrepresents that the puchost.\n\nof\n\nhis former\n\nCommunication\n\nwas misunderstood,\n\nThe Memorialist now states that his object has been mistaken, & that he did seek\n\nsuch redress but the repeal of\n\nthe Law of Libel as existing\n\nThe question\n\nraised by dr Shortrede is, whether 1: Campbell's\n\nLaw Act\n\nshould\n\nIn the\n\nlaw in\n\nHong Kong\n\nas well as\n\nin England. I am\n\nmyself aware of no reason against\n\nExtending that law to\n\nall British possessions, and consider it right in principle to adhere to colonial legislation on such subject, in this I think it the best answer to the result?\n\nReceived.\n\nCampbell's Act), be extended\n\n3 and 7 Victoria, Chap: 96.\n\nprovisions of the Imperial Act\n\nShortrede, urging that the\n\nanother Memorial from Mr.\n\nOctober last, and transmitting\n\nGraces Despatch 132 of 155\n\nAcknowledging receipt of his\n\nGovernor Sir J. Bowring,\n\n26 December, 1853.\n\nVictoria, Hong Kong,\n\nPage 1\n\n...\n\nEX\n\nPage XX\n\nHowever, the original text seems to be quite jumbled and contains many OCR errors. A more accurate reordering and correction would be needed for a proper historical record. \n\nHere is the final version:\n\nPage 1\n\nGovernor Sir John Bowring\n\nW. Merivale\n\nNo 3.\n\nN:98\n\nFeb. 56\n\n95\n\n2.77\n\nMr. Peal Baker of Newcastle 25.\n\n25 January 1854.\n\nI have to acknowledge Bonham's Despatch M:95 of 8th December last.\n\nThe Memorialist now states that his object has been mistaken, & that he did seek such redress but the repeal of the Law of Libel as existing.\n\nThe question raised by Dr. Shortrede is, whether Campbell's Act should be extended to Hong Kong as well as in England.\n\nI am myself aware of no reason against extending that law to all British possessions.\n\nReceived.\n\nGovernor Sir J. Bowring, 26 December, 1853.\n\nVictoria, Hong Kong,\n\n1\n\nEX\n\nPage XX",
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        "document_key": "CO129-053 - Public Offices - 1855",
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        "title": "CO129-053 - Public Offices - 1855",
        "content_text": "Mr. Mesimle\n\nRefective question to the War Dept\n\nConsideration the possibilit\n\nyes & suggest for\n\nhere or o\n\nEither coming\n\nAb\n\nto a\n\npositive\n\nout such instructions\n\nrequinty\n\nas will not render a parthen\n\nto the\n\nreference Home for\n\nH. Glory\n\nfor M 30 July.\n\n26\n\nJeely\n\n2010 đang dùng\n\n8870\n\nEIVED\n\nSEI 21 1835\n\nlonial Land &\n\nth\n\n342\n\nEungation offer\n\n20th September 1833-\n\nTreasury inch 10tlet, SVE. LE SW. No\n\nAnswered, 25 Oct / 555 Teary 10.38\n\n9673\n\n9.19 June\n\nN298.\n\nBe have the honor lis\n\n•knowledge your\n\nCeller of the\n\n13h instant, accompanied by\n\nCopes\n\nof a Respatch, from\n\nthe co\n\nthe Lieutenant Governor of\n\nHongkong, uporting the result of a sate which had at sun suggestion keen effected off certain clothing re purchased by Mr. White late Agent, China for Ensigration to the\n\nHerman Merivale. Egg-\n\nAc\n\nin\n\nPrest",
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        "document_key": "CO129-062 - Sir Bowring - 1857 [1-3]",
        "page_number": 453,
        "title": "CO129-062 - Sir Bowring - 1857 [1-3]",
        "content_text": "I am to thank you for communicating that Letter \nto me. \n\nI am now instructed \nby Sir John Bowring to inform you that he finds \nnothing (after due investigation) to affect in the slightest degree the propriety of your proceedings in the matter referred to.\n\nI have the honor to be, \nSir \nYour obedient Servant, \nLiz. W.T. Bridges, \nActing Colonial Secretary.\n\nTrue Copy \nM.J. Bridges Acting Colonial Secretary\n\nGovernor \nSir John Bowring\n\nNo 62 \nNo 52 4020 \nHong Kong. \n4th May 1857.\n\nMr. Merivale Jr May 9 1857. \nMr. Ball & \nSW. \nMM. Sec & Labouchere.\n\nI have to acknowledge \nYour Despatch. No. 51 of \nthe 12th March last, enclosing \ntwo \nletters addressed to myself \nby the Attorney General for Hongkong and by the Acting Colonial Secretary, containing Complaints against each other and asking for \na decision between them.",
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        "document_key": "CO129-073 - Lieut. Governor Caine & Sir Bowring - 1859 [1-5]",
        "page_number": 550,
        "title": "CO129-073 - Lieut. Governor Caine & Sir Bowring - 1859 [1-5]",
        "content_text": "I cannot find out what knowledge of Chinese Mr. Mitchell possesses: but I have an impression that both he and Mr Inglis understand the language in some degree.\n\nMr Inglis is the Acting servant; he joined it in March 1844, & has had promotion lately. Mr. Mitchell entered it in April /50, and has not had promotion.\n\n23 July.\n\n159\n\nsee 7125-\n\nSW. Merivale\n\nthis is an excellent public Officer; but not a Barrister, I believe.\n\nCBF 18 July.\n\nbm boly 181\n\n87\n\nActing Governor (xine\n\n19 May, 1859.\n\nVictoria, Hongkong, to\n\nThe Rt. Honble\n\nSir E. B. Lytton, &c.\n\n1 Inclosure.\n\nReceived\n\nMagistrate\n\nOffice of Chief\n\napplication for the\n\nForwarding Mr Inglis '\n\n(220\n\nChinese mark\n\nan invaluable qualification\n\nPolice Magistrate\n\nMarkwood\n\nH. P. Mitchell\n\nThe knowledge of\n\nbe\n\nfor\n\n22.\n\nCopy\n\nLe\n\nbring\n\n2 71234/19\n\n547\n\nVictoria, Hongkong,\n\n9th May 1859.\n\nThe Office of Chief Magistrate being vacant through the resignation of Mr. Davies, I have the honor to request that His Excellency the Acting Governor will be kindly pleased to forward my application for the appointment to the Right Honorable the Secretary of State for the Colonies.\n\nThe Honorable W. J. Mercer, Esqr\n\nColonial Secretary.",
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