Foreign Office,
RECO
4439 & Red 21 FEB 19 230
February 20, 1899.
I am directed by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to transmit to you, to be laid before the Secretary of State for the Colonies, the accompanying copy of a Letter (marked in the margin) respecting the scheme for connecting Weihaiwei with the British telegraph systems.
I am,
Sir,
Your most obedient,
humble Servant,
Francis Bertie
The Under-Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.