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working arrangement with
the Chinese Company,
but
they
have declined to connect with us.
At present they
are
transmitting the traffic from Canton to a
point
on the Chinese
main land about two miles short
of the boundary at Kowloon, where their Line terminates, and thence, telegrams are
forwarded to Hongkong by
a steam launch service
which has been established by
the Chinese Company.
May I therefore ask
Her Majesty's Government to use their good Offices to obtain connection between the Chinese system and ours at Kowloon for
the interchange of traffic, or failing this, that the Government will decline to give facilities to
the Chinese Company, which that Company is not disposed
to extend to us.
I have the honor to be,
My Lord,
Your obedient
Gerrard &
Meandor
Chairman