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Mministration became entitled to the privileges they now
wujoy in Hongkong is not an isolated instrument, but be-
longe to a group of interdepezzient arrangements whereby ad-
entages similar to those acquired by the Chinese in Bri-
tish territory were secured in China to the Eastern Extension
telegraph Company.
It will be remembered that the relations between
the Cougpry and the Chinese date from the arrangement of
1070 concluded with the Toung li Yaman which did not permit
milos to be lamied in China. On March 31, 1803, en elpeo-
ent une made, with the approval of His Majesty'a CovornI-
sent, between the Company and the Chinese Telegraph Adain-
istration, modified by certain supplementary articles signed
ay 7 of the same year, for the construction by the latter
a land line to connect the foror'e cable at Woosung
ith Shanghai and for the Comfy's office accœuxlation at
Shanghai (soe Foreign Office Despatch to Mr. Grosvenor lio.
of June 26, 1003).
Article 5 of this Agrecsent states "The Chi-
90 Administration will have their land line fros Canton
to