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such right.
The Government also reserves its right to approve
of the plans when the Submarine Cable is to be laid and
the posts and wires are to be erected.
I have &c..
(Signed) F.Stewart
J. Euston Squier Esq.
Acting General Manager
Acting Colonial Secretary.
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other concesseions hereafter if thought necessary, though it is not contemplated at the present moment to exercise such right.
The Government also reserves its right to approve
of the places between where the Submarine Cable is to be laid and the posts and wires are to be erected.
I have &c.
(Signed) W. Marsh
Colonial Secretary.
The Eastern Extension Australasia,
& China Telegraph Company Limited.
The Second Cable from North Point.
In August 1882 permission was granted to the Eastern
Extension Telegraph Company to lay two cables down from
North Point to Hung Hom being one cable extra to that
for which permission was granted on the 31st. May 1873.
The Third Cable from North Point.
Colonial Secretary, Hong Kong, to the Superintenent
Eastern Extension Telegraph Company.
W. Bullard Esq.
Superintendent
Eastern Extension Australasia & China
Telegraph Company Limited.
The Fourth & Fifth Cable from North Point.
On the 22nd. March 1884 permission was granted to the
Eastern Extension Telegraph Company to lay two more cables
down from North Point to Hung Hon, one of which was intended
to work to an office in Kowloon itself and the other a
spare one in case any of the others gave out.
Sir,
Colonial Secretary's Office
27th. August 1883..
I am directed by the Governor to inform you that Bis
Excellency has been instructed by the Secretary of State
to grant you the concession, prayed for in your letter of
the 19th. July last, to lay another submarine cable between
North Point and Kowloon.
2. This concession is made subject to the general
terms of the Agreement with the Great Northern Company in
1870, and the right is reserved to Government of granting
The Sixth Cable from North Point.
Manager in China of the Eastern Extension Australasia
& China Telegraph Company Limited to the Colonial Secret-
ary.
Hong Kong Station,
1st. September, 1891.
The Hoa: The Colonial Secretary
Hong Kong,
Sir,
Owing to damage recently done to our Kowloon
cables by ships anchors, a thorough overhaul and repair
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