Conviction
with Manila, thus practically providing the duplication desired, and will also give both Colonies.
With Labuan communication and her Coast finds, and will furnish provide alternative communication between Hongkong & Singapore and the Empire.
The length of wire we have by that route duplication intended, Cable traverses being greater than by the direct route originally involving a proportionately greater cost.
The advantages of the proposed line are briefly summarized:–
a) The connection given to the settlements and Straits along with the
only British possessions in the Far East, which are of vital importance to the British Empire.
The strengthening of the accents systems of communication with the mother Country and the other parts of the British Empire.
The increased security of the means of communication from the certainty that political complications with France and Spain will not occur simultaneously.
The facility with which North Borneo can be connected with the submarine system by establishing land lines.