for permission to land at
Hongkong
a duplicate
Submarine Cable intended
to connect that Colony
with Shanghae.
I am to state to
you,
for the information of Her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies, that Lord Granville concurs in the proposal to grant the necessary permission
under the usual conditions
required
by the Treasury.
I am,
Sir,
Your most obedient,
humble Servant
Philip ...