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by the Agents of the Great "Northern Belegraph China and "Tupan Extension Company" with a view to obtain permission to
establish
boast -
a
Telegraph along the
to land the Cable at
the Stations selected - and to
afford protection to the Cables and Stations.
to state to
I beg reply that Her Majesty's Government have not made
You
any
mi this sense to the
application in eties
Clunese Government
or v
behalf of
ther Companies in which British
Subjects
are
interested, and the-
wistrucions litherto addressed to
British
British Authorities ui chis quarter
have been confined to authorzing
stum to cloum for such Companies any privileges which might be granted to others.
C
ot regards your
allusion to the principle embodied
in the treaties between this Countryf
leave and blund I must beg
to remart that although those Treaties contemplate the extension .
to other powers of benefits conceded to this Country, it
it is
for
the
Governments concerned to claim
etuse benefits for theriselves, and
it is not incumbent
cre
Her
allajesty's Government to put forwend
the
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