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In my opinion an installation giving a range by
day of 300 miles is sufficient for present requiremont, since vessels which frequent this port are not equipped with installa- -tions giving a wider range, with the possible exception of the vessels belonging to the Canadian Pacific Railway Company which, according to my information, are using an unauthorised wave length.
If, however, there is any prospect in the near future of compulsion by the Board of Trade on British Ships to carry installations with a wider range by day; or if there is prospect in the near future of considerable development in the power of installations carried by Merchant vessels, then it may be desirable that a Medium Power Station should be installed at
once in Hongkong.
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These are matters beyond my knowledge. I have provided tentatively a round sum of $100,000 in the Estimates for next year for a Wireless installation and I am content to leave in your hands the decision of what the power of the installation should be.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient,
humble servant,
Amay
Governor, &c..
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