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3.
This Genclerow, Commander
Porbes, R. H.
avas
desirous of throwing
achat assistance awould be
given by the Government of Wongting be the proposed udutarting. We stated that it was not improbable that both the Singapore Government and the French Government
ment and
al
Saigen
avrild
du
pport the scheme
by pecuniary contribution.
contribution he
made
by u
Such
suggested might be
no, and in addition
@
concesion of the monopoly of the line
for a fixed term of gears.
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"Bully sensible of the advantages
to this Colony and to the ginnal
COMA PISACD
of China which the scheme promised I pointed out that the
place for landing the Cable would
the souch coast of the island,
be
an
of
to which he afuented and I underl cost
that a grant of land there would be readily given by the Government.
ų.
There is no
side where land is
except
spot on the soma
of any
value,
the Aberdeen Look and itš
immediate neighbourhood
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But as regarded the contribution,
I said that,
the
voy
as
Captain Forbes admitti
natural and nece
necessary
design
to carry the Cable to Shanghai, the North of China and
Japon, I doubled
whether the particular benefit le HongKong
an
was
great as to justify
apportionment of the Public 3
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