CONTENTS.
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Pago
Pago
INSTRUMENTS OF APPOINTtment
4
4. Form of Contract; put in by Mr.
Lucas
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231
REPORT
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I-MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS:-
5 June 1896
15
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5. Memorandum on speed of working on long submarine cables; put in by Mr. Lucas
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8 July
16
39
12 November 1896
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6. Memorandum by Dr. Muirhead on
bis evidence-
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7. Table of working speed of cables in
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18
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words per minute; put in by Mr. Preece
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71
19
23
73
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71
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8. Table of details of submarine cable;
put in by Mr. Preece
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137
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1 December 1896 -
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168
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187
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199
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9. Table showing the growth of tele-
graphic business in New Zealand;
put in by Mr. Reeves Statement put in by Mr. Mercer Statement showing the existing Traffic between Europe (and America) and Australasia during
the year ended 31st March 1896; put in by Mr. Finch
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236
LIST OF WITNESSES :—
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Mr. Sandford Fleming
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M. H. Gray
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Alexander Siemens
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Theophilus Smith -
12. Telegrams between Sir D. Smith and Sir W. Van Horne; put in by Sir D. Smith.
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13. Extract of a letter from Sir W. Van
F. R. Luona
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Horne to Sir Donald Smith;
Dr. Alexander Muirhead
71
put in by Sir D. Smith
241
Mr. H. A. Taylor-
75
Capt. W. Goodsall
14. Extract from Report of Proceedings
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of the Inter-Colonial Conference
Mr. W. H. Preece
87
Rear-Admiral Wharton
99
Mr. Frederick Ward
on Postal and Telegraph Matters held at Sydney, January 1896
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105
The Marquess of Tweeddale
Mr. H. A. C. Saunders
III-CORRESPONDENCE —
115
F. E. Hesse
J. C. Lamb
137, 187
1. Telegraph Construction and Main- tenance Company, July 3, 1896-
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Buxton Forman
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2. Sir H. C. Mance, July 4, 1896 ·
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J. H. Carson -
157
3. F. E. Hesse, Esq. (Eastern Ex-
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M
R. K. Gray
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T. Playford
168
tension Telegraph Company), November 27, 1896
262
W. P. Reeves
176
4. Anglo-American Telegraph Com-
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W. H. Mercer
181
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pany
B. T. Finch
183
(J. H. Carson, Esq.), December 2, 1896
264
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N. Cork
196
C. U. Kingston
199
Colonel Hozier
200
5. H. A. C. Saunders, Esq. (Eastern Extension Telegraph Company), December 8, 1896
265
Mr. E. T. Dozat
202
6. Commercial Cable Company (F.
Ward, Esq.), December 4, 1896.
II-PAPERS, &C. PUT IN BY WITNESSES :-
1. Statement by Mr. Sandford Fleming
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7. Agent General for S. Australia,
December 15, 1896
2. Appendix 1 to Mr. Siemens's evidence
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3.
2.
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8. To Lord Kelvin, December 16,
1896
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267
Chart of the 1894 Atlantic Cable; put
9. Lord Kelvin, December 18, 1896.
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in by Mr. Siemens
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A 2
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
Reference :-
PERC.O. 885
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON
ALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHIC- COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH-NOT TO
Instrument of Appointment of the Committee.