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Lelephone Exchange in Hong Kong, it
being understood that His Excellency
rearoc
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himself the right of revoking
the permission at a
any
time, and
that the permission does not confer
any monopoly
ow
the Company.
In requesting you to be Hind enough to convey my respectful thanks to His Excellency the Governor I beg to inform the Government that
the Company
of
are now ow
the virtue
His Excellency's permission, inviting subscription from the public.
The object of the Exchange. being not alone to facilitate the. daily intercourse between man and man, but also to secure the safety of private and public property,
the
the Company
would be glad to
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receive the support of the Government
by including all Police and Fire Stations into the system.
The advantage thereof
would
be to lessen the danger and devastations of conflagrations and
to be able at a moment's notice.
to concentrate the Police Force of any place where circumstances might make it desirables.
athe company also offer to connect the public
the public buildings either
through the central office
ØY
ley
separate wires, and all these works
to be carried out ou
the
liberal termus according to special.
arrangement.
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