CO129-147 - Public Offices - 1870 — Page 476

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All

Shave adibrened the think of the

Colonies

on the subject,

& in viewofhis

reply, they to inform Y. 2. that, while

every acknowledging that it would be advantageons of persons could be found willing to undertake that kind of enterprise, do cxpensive Achiffientt without receiving any privilege, the Span = root commot annul the contract

made with the afore and firem,

Modify

their cure

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authority, the clames there of. If Mess's teamed Grahams do not, on their part, obtain from the other foot interested permission to join the above-mentioned ports, & if

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tel : communication between Hongkong Manila il lingapore with two years from the date of the concession, it

will fall through ; & the same effect will be produced if they have not begun to sink the cable from HongKong to Manila within one

he that case M.B. M. Gr. will

gain

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the object they had in trew When they instructed Y. P. to take the above mentiound stepe

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