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Cave & International Telegraph Company,

London

(Incorporated 1846)

Secretary's Office

Telegraph Street: London

September 12 1868.

ED

...

delay which occurred in

the transmission of a Telegraphic

Message which was sent from

St Helena on the 7th April addressed

to Messrs Z. R. P. & Co Hong Kong

Letter to Corp: 16 July, 1868 –

9748 of 20th Nov-26 July 1869.

I have to acknowledge receipt of

your letter of ... exploring the

delay in delivery of a message

at Hong Kong on the 11th ult.

I will make enquiry into your complaint

against the Foreign Telegraph

Administration

...

Cave & Intl Telegraph Co from

9748

Thos I. Elliott Esqre

Foreign Office

Downing Street

I have the honor to be

Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

W. Sweaver, Secretary.

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Cave & International Telegraph Company, London (Incorporated 1846) Secretary's Office Telegraph Street: London September 12 1868. ED ... delay which occurred in the transmission of a Telegraphic Message which was sent from St Helena on the 7th April addressed to Messrs Z. R. P. & Co Hong Kong Letter to Corp: 16 July, 1868 9748 of 20th Nov-26 July 1869. I have to acknowledge receipt of your letter of ... exploring the delay in delivery of a message at Hong Kong on the 11th ult. I will make enquiry into your complaint against the Foreign Telegraph Administration ... Cave & Intl Telegraph Co from 9748 Thos I. Elliott Esqre Foreign Office Downing Street I have the honor to be Sir, Your obedient Servant, W. Sweaver, Secretary. Page 157 ... ... Page 158 is not present, hence not added. The original text seems to be ending on "B" which might be the start of another page or an incomplete word. As per the instructions, the task is to proofread the given text. The given text appears to be a scanned letter. The text has been reformatted into HTML using tags. Spelling errors have been corrected, and spacing issues have been fixed. Missing words have been indicated with `...`. The original text's structure and content have been preserved.
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Cave & International Telegraph Company,

Inting

(Incorporated 1846)

Secretary's Officers

6.0

SEE14

1868%

BCA

Telegraph Street: London

September 1218618.

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9748

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