Present Regulations be carried.
We enclose for Your Excellency's perusal the report of the Superintendent together with Major General Aitchison's letter already referred to. We shall feel obliged if you will return them to us when done with, together with Mr. Nash's certificate.
We have &c.,
John D. Humphreys,
G. F. M. O'Brien, C.M.G.,
Colonial Secretary.
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Sub Enclosure to Enclosure 1.
Mr. W. Wylie's verbatim report taken down in shorthand in Messrs. John S. Humphreys & Son's Office by Mr. E. Chandler, present Mr. J. D. Humphreys, Mr. St. Humphreys.
I was called upon Mr. Tooker, on the 13th instant, in his office at the Public Works Department, in accordance with instructions received from you, and arranged to test the cable on the 29th ult. under the supervision of the Public Works Department.
I asked if it was necessary to test the cable as it had only been tested about 5 months before, that is to say, when it was laid down.
They requested me to test the cable and first...