Agreed upons
between the Chinese
Government, the Great Northern
Telegraph Company and the
Eastern Extension Telegraph
Company.
I am to inclose...
memo...
down to
the 10th of March last.
It will be observed that,
owing to
the strong representations
against the Convention received
from various
mercantile bodies,
for
Her Majesty's Minister in China
Lord Knutsford's confidential
information, a copy of
memorandum prepared in this
Department, giving
an account
of the negotiations with regard to the Convention referred to
down...
was directed, at the end of last
year
to suspend action, and
to withhold, until further
instructions,
the assent of
Her Majesty's Government, which
before the
Convention
Take effect.
is
necessary...
Car...
During