:
was
superimposed upon the conditions agreed upon in those
cases.
407
(The 4th.application was granted under no
special conditions; but it appears to have been a merely tem-
porary concession owing to the breakdown of the existing ca-
bles).
The result is that the same Company holds
its cable rights on varying conditions. Apparently the Gov- ernment could make them take up their 1884 cable without giving them either notice or compensation; but the Government rights with regard to the cables laid in 1882 and 1883 are
much less clearly defined.
(sa) R.F.J.
22/9/00.
Hon. Attorney General.
There are no more papers bearing on this subject. The original permission given to the E.E.Tel;Co. does not provide for the cancellation of the permission. On another paper a question has arisen of moving the lines, the Dock Company at Kowloon want to buy and reclaim the fore- shore when the Kowloon ends are landed. Please advise whe-
require the E.E.Tel:co., to remove ther Government can now their cables (if it is decided that they must be moved) at
their own expense.
as
22/9/00.
(sd) F.H.M.
Hon.