Let Enclosure No 12.
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From The Eastern Extension Australasia & China Telegraph Co Ltd.
To The Hon: Acting Colonial Secretary,
Hongkong Station 1st June, 1901.
The Hon: T. Sercombe Smith,
Acting Colonial Secretary,
Hongkong.
Sir,
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter No 1182 of 25th ultimo, and to thank you for the copy you sent me of the Draft of a Bill entitled "An Ordinance for authorising the construction of a Tramway within the Colony of Hongkong".
The limit of time allowed in Hongkong, for making any observations, being too short, copies of the Draft are being sent to the Directors of the Eastern Extension, & Great Northern Telegraph Companies who will, in due course, communicate their observations to the Colonial Office, if any should occur to them.
I have etc.,
(Sd) F. von der Heydten.
Manager in China.