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3.

This Genclerow, Commander

Porbes, R. H.

avas

desirous of throwing

achat assistance awould be

given by the Government of Wongting be the proposed udutarting. We stated that it was not improbable that both the Singapore Government and the French Government

ment and

al

Saigen

avrild

du

pport the scheme

by pecuniary contribution.

contribution he

made

by u

Such

suggested might be

no, and in addition

@

concesion of the monopoly of the line

for a fixed term of gears.

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"Bully sensible of the advantages

to this Colony and to the ginnal

COMA PISACD

of China which the scheme promised I pointed out that the

place for landing the Cable would

the souch coast of the island,

be

an

of

to which he afuented and I underl cost

that a grant of land there would be readily given by the Government.

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There is no

side where land is

except

spot on the soma

of any

value,

the Aberdeen Look and itš

immediate neighbourhood

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But as regarded the contribution,

I said that,

the

voy

as

Captain Forbes admitti

natural and nece

necessary

design

to carry the Cable to Shanghai, the North of China and

Japon, I doubled

whether the particular benefit le HongKong

an

was

great as to justify

apportionment of the Public 3

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