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agreed
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I am aware of the difference in charge to which my Hon.
Friend calls attention. It is in accordance with a well
established principle of the Telegraph Convention that
adjoining Countries like Russia and China or China and British
India may make arrangements between themselves for lower
rates than those which are generally applicable; and Hong
Kong, as forming geographically part or Chine, has been
brought within the terms of the special agreements regulating
telegraphic rates between China and Russia on the one hand
and China and British India, on the other.
These and other charges have been under the consideration
of the Colonial Office and Post Office and I hope that it may
be possible to reduce the rate between this Country and Hong
Kong at the
onference
I ought to add that the Great Northern Company does not
possess a monopoly of landing rights in any British territory,
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