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stating
that it is
contemplation
again
in
to establish telegraphic
communication between the Philippine
Ixlands and the Chinese Coast,
and
renewing
the application made
in 1870 for leave to land the Cable
at Hongkong,
with the
You
to be there connected
general telegraph systems?
will bear in mind that
Her Majesty's Government
in 1870 ther
refused
to a similar
to accede to a
request,
on account
to be
"of the exclusive privileges
Company;
granted to an individual but His Lordship observes that the
manner mer
present application in litte provider for a monopoly for forty I am therefore to request
years;
that
you
Beach to
will move Sir lll. Hiethy
Lord Salisbury
inform
whether he adheres to the decision
arrived at and
expressed in the
Colonial Office Letter of the 18th
of