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out at a cost of $2,000 failed to secure a continuous connection with the Lighthouse and during 1906 communication was interrupted on 248 days.
3. Owing to the precipitous and rocky nature of the Gap Rock, and the heavy sea that frequently runs there, the shore end of the Cable is exposed to very great friction while repairs to it are at all times difficult and often impossible for several days at a time.
Moreover the Gap Rock is situated at a distance of 30 miles from Hongkong which enhances the expense of carrying out these repairs.
4. In these circumstances I suggested to Commodore E. P. Williams, the Senior Naval Officer at Hongkong at the time, that a Marconi Station at Gap Rock in connection with the Naval Station at Cape D'Aguilar which in its turn is connected by telephone with the Harbour Office might prove a more reliable means of communication with the Rock than the Telegraph Cable.
5. After some correspondence and discussion Commodore Williams undertook to suggest to the Vice-Admiral Commanding on this Station that certain obsolete apparatus for Wireless Telegraphy in his hands at the