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own personal view that a wireless station here would be advantageously operated by the Admiralty and Colonial Government in co-operation, I considered that it would be of advantage to obtain a preliminary report of the nature of that enclosed with a view of submitting it (together with your views upon it) to the Secretary of State for the Colonies.
3. Your approaching departure compels me to forward these papers without delay, and consequently without having had sufficient time to form a careful judgment on the proposals they contain, but generally speaking I amn in accord with the view that the wireless station should, if possible, be established under the control of the Admiralty and Colonial Government providing adequate commercial facilities. Messrs. Kegan and Rosencrantz state that they "have acquired from the Marconi Company the sole right to conduct a Wireless Telegraphy business for a period of 25 years," and I shall therefore be glad to learn how, in your view, this alleged monopoly will interfere with the proposals under review.
I have, &c.
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Sir H. Lambton, K.C.B., K.C.V.O.,
Commander-in-Chief, China Station.
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I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of and to thank your Excellency for your letter of the 23rd instant forwarding the Report of a Confidential Committee on a proposed wireless telegraph station for Hong Kong.
I concur generally with this report, as I am strongly of opinion that it would be inadvisable to establish two stations, naval and commercial, in such a small colony as Kong Kong.
As regards the rights claimed by Messrs. Kegan and Rosencrantz, I assume that the question of the establishment of a wireless station will be finally settled between the Colonial Office and the Admiralty, who should have no difficulty in coming to an arrangement with this firm.
The enclosures to Your Excellency's letter are returned herewith.
I have, &c.,
H. LAMBTON, Vice-Admiral. His Excellency Sir Frederick F. D. Lagard, K.C.M.G., C.B., D.S.O., Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Hong Kong.
Enclosure 5 in No. 3.
SIR,
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY,
Hong Kong, 23rd February, 1910.
THE question of the erection of a wireless telegraph station at Hong Kong ie, we understand, one of interest to the Government, and we therefore take the liberty of enclosing herewith a pamphlet describing the Poulsen system, and also a set of Press notices.*
We
may inform you that we are closely connected with the interests of the Poulsen Wireless Telegraphic Company in the Far East, and our Shanghai Firm have already under offer two stations for coast service for the Imperial Telegraphic Administration.
We are prepared to submit detailed estimates, on being furnished with particulars as to range required, &c., and would be willing to erect a station and operate the same for, say, three months, only to be taken over provided it were found to be satisfactory.
We have, &c.,
The Hon. Sir F. H. May, K.C.M.G.,
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., Ltd.
Colonial Secretary.
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