CRET.
Hongkong.
Los
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My Lord,
C.O.
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3 001 08
Government House,
Hongkong, 4th.September, 1908.
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In continuation of ry Despatch
Secret of July 23rd., I have the honour to enclose copies
of a letter which I addressed to the Vice-Admiral Corriand-
-ing in China Station and of his reply.
2.
I observed in the third paragraph
of my former Despatch that a Wireless Installation at
Pratas Shoal would be of the utmost importance to the
Observatory here in forecasting typhoons and Admiral
Lambton remarks that this advantage would be shared by the
Navy. The finances of the Colony, however, preclude the
possibility of providing more than a small part of the
expenditure involved. The wireless messages would only be
required during the typhoon season, and if the proposals
of Messrs. Wilkinson and Newman should eventually result in
the establishment on the Atoll of employés of a Company
formed for the exploitation of its natural resources it is
possible that arrangements could be riade with the Company
for
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
THE EARL OF CREWE,
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