Eng Kong 5/144 (F.W.4)
Sir,
Copy
Confidential
C.
241284
29 JUL 07
WAR OFFICE, LONDON, S.W.
6th June 1907.
I am commanded by the Army Council to forward
the accompanying copy of a letter, and its enclosure,
received from the General Officer Commanding, South
China, suggesting that the Naval telephone line from
D'Aguilar to the main Signal Station, H.M. Dockyard,
Hong Kong, should be maintained by the War Department,
and to acquaint you, for the information of the Lords
Commissioners of the Admiralty, that the proposed main-
tenance has been approved free of cost for one year.
At the end of that period, unless the amount
is found to be small, the Army Council propose to ask
their Lordships to contribute towards the cost of maintenance.
I am,
etc....
E.W.D. WARD.
The Secretary,
ADMIRALTY.