his scheme for laying
telegraphic cables
along
the China Coast
And in the China Seas
and
North Pacific
Seas
I also enclose
a copy of
a letter
from the Board of
Treasury
to which
the correspondence
referred.
E.R.S.
for E. G.
19 August 1869.
69429.)
1
88773
Govt. = 148-14 September 1869
Aug. 30, 1869
687
6368
Foreign Office
August 10, 1869.
260
I have laid before The Earl of Clarendon your letter of the 31st ultimo, inclosing a copy of a despatch from the Governor of Hongkong, stating that the laxity of the Chinese Officials in not enforcing the regulations prohibiting merchant junks from carrying stink pots at Canton and in the Two Kwang, rendered it impracticable to carry out a similar prohibition at Hongkong.
And I am, in reply, to request that you will state to Earl Granville that it appears to Lord Clarendon that the negligence of the Chinese Officials does not afford any justification
The Under Secretary of State
Colonial Office