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permission may be granted to the above Company to land a submarine sable on the Island of Hongkong from a point on Chinese Territory- where the land line of the Company will terminate, in order to establish direst Telegraphie communication__. between Hongkong and Canton
And I pray that this.
application may
be submitted to His Excellency the Administrator with the request that His Excellency if he deems
will have the same
it necessar
ecessary, forwarded to His Lordship the dcoretary of State for the Colonies for
his consideration.
have &c.
(signed) Ho Amey
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Copy
In esone 3621 of 1882
Hongkong.
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Hughing. Seneral Chamber of Commerce
Honghong, 26th September, 1989.
Ho Amey, Egy
Sir,
I have to acknowledge
the
receipt of your
letter
of
the 28th ultimo
giving cover to copies of correspondence between yourself on behalf of the "Canton Hongkong We Hop Telegraph Company and the Government asking for permission to
lay
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cable across the harbour
from
Chinese Frontier at Kowloon to British
Territory
in Victoria.
While sympathiring
the
with the spirit of enterprise exhibited
by