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Harbour in Connection with the and line between Kowloon and Canton.
The Committee replied to Mr Ho Amei that before the Chamber could give its support to such an application, the Telegraph Company would be expected to enter into guarantees that the Cable which the Company seeks permission to lay across the Harbour, and the lines on the mainland together with any future extensions, shall be open at a uniform and moderate tariff for the transmission of messages to all the lines of telegraph, which have stations in this Colony; and that the Company will be prepared to comply with such other reasonable conditions as the local Government may fit to impose.
Mr. Ho Amei having signified his willingness to enter into the required guarantees, the Committee has now no hesitation in recommending the application made by the Company for permission to lay