CO129-147 - Public Offices - 1870 — Page 208

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Tres

Singapore,

and requesting to be informed whether, if exceptions have been made

the rule that no monopoly

recognised

shall

or sanctioned, their Lordships

"

line being laid

laid"

206

Upon this point My Lords

would remark that Mr Stean appears

Le

to be under a

misapprehension

also

be

case may

treated.

consider that this

exceptionally

With reference to ME Herbert's request, I am desired to state that My Lords infer that it has relation

to the statement contained in

mz

Hean's letter of the 13th instant,

that the "principle of protection has

"already

been admitted by Her "Majesty's Government in the

Cate

" of a Company formed for the purpose " of establishing telegraphic

communication

Misi :

" between England and Jersey. A rival " Company having been constituted for the "like purpose, der Majesty's Government " have interfered to prevent this competitive

line

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as

to

the real facts of this case which are

as

follows .

The Jersey and Guernsey

Telegraph Company having been for

some time in communication with this

Department with a new to laying_ able between this Country and fray

a

and

Guernsey

to purchase from

and he

having agreed

the (rown the necessary.

portions of Foreshore in the Islands on

which to land their Cables,

were taking

steps for carrying out their undertaking,

In the meantinis, however, certain other parties, without having obtained the previous sanction of the Government, actually

despatched.

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