I

i

from Hongkong

Articles

signed

31

Therefore

a copy of the

proper

which

We

have

any applications

might be made

by

Camer(?) in connection with

the Canton-Hongkong line.

The Agreement forwarded

was

seriously

modified by the additional

clause on the 24 May.

a printed complete document,

As I have already

explained

to

you,

we should

prefer

the Chinese Land

system, or

a relative system ceasing

at Kowloon where

the Traffic, &

transmit

to Hongkong; but should

they

insist upon

coming into Hongkong, we should

be

prepared, with the approval

of

Her Majesty's Government,

to

give

on similar

conditions

accommodation

in the

Telegraph Office on

the same

terms as Article 7 of

the Agreement

defined by

the

use

of

a

wire

for the Kowloon line, provided

it is not used to compel

traffic with the

Company's

interests prejudicially.

Faithfully yours,

John

[Signature: P. P. Thistleton ?]

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