Sir
RECP
1161
REGE 20 JAN 23
Foreign Office January 19. 1883.
I am directed
by
Earl
Granville to acknowledge
the receipt of your
letter of
the 16th Instant, inclosing Copy
no. 604
of
a
letter from the Chairman
of
the Eastern Extension
China
Australasia and
Telegraph Company
(Limited)
making formal application
— The Under Secretary of State
Colonial Office