Any further communication should be addressed to:-
THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY,
(RAILWAY DEPARTMENT),
BOARD OF TRADE,
7, WHITEHALL GARDENS,
LONDON, S.W.
And the following letter and number should
be quoted :-
R
15324
Telegraphic Address.
BOARD TRADE, RAILWAY. LONDON.
35259
37121
Sir,
BOARD OF TRADE,
(RAILWAY DEPARTMENT),
This 21st/2ny
453 ... 40638
West 20 NOV 01
7, WHITEHALL GARDENS,
LONDON, S.W.,
20th November
1901.
I am directed by the Board of Trade to
advert to your letters of the 14th and 26th ultimo,
with enclosures, relative to the Hong Kong Tramway
Ordinance now under consideration; and, in reply to
your request for the observations of this Department,
I am to forward the accompanying Memoranda prepared
by Lieutenant Colonel H. A. Yorke, R.E., their Chief
Inspecting Officer of Railways, and Mr A. P. Trotter,
their Electrical Adviser, on the questions which have
arisen with regard to (a) the nature of the concrete bed underneath the rails, and (b) the protection of
the Telephone Company.
With regard to the Regulations contained in
Schedule A. appended to the Ordinance, Mr Trotter
points out that modifications might be desirable in
the case of Colonies, especially so small a Colony as
Hong Kong. The Board observe that the Ordinance gives
power to make such modifications should they hereafter
appear necessary.
With reference to the claim of the Telephone
Company to be afforded the protection given to Tele-
graph Companies under Clause 21 of the Ordinance, I
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
am