Government
ment contemplated laying.
line between Shanghai
joining up
with a view
the
Ports
ana
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land
Canton
en route and
to obtaining
of
the
Chinese traffic for the English lines the Company applied for permission
land a cable at Canton
with the reet
If
to
to be connected
their system at Hon
Ultimately permission wers
ngements
anet arra
evere
trace
out the work.
Konglong
geven.
for-
carrying out at this time however a
Chinese Company
woes
was formed
local
those
to construct a land line
object from Canton to
by cable
Kowloon
proceeding
thena
there
to Hongkong.
Under these circumstances and as
were many difficulties to be apprehended.
maintaining a cable along
In
the
-Canton River the English Company opened negotiations with the Chinese Company for connecting its system with their proposed
at the Chinese boundary at
land line
Kowloon.
"They also applied to the Hongtong Sovernment for permission to lay
cable.
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the Strait and construct
a land line from the Kowloon Coast
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