Enclosure 3.
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Lauton, Strong Kong Ma Hop Telegraph Company
Strong Kong, this July 1883.
The Lauton Strong Kong Overland Telegraph Line having now been finished as far as the terminus on Chinese territory opposite to Strong Kong and the Line having been opened today for public use in its present unfinished condition, I on behalf of the Wa Stof venture Telegraph Company ver... apply through you to His Excellency
Colonial Secretary
Strong Kong.