CO129-198 - Governor Hennessy Acting Governor Tonnochy - 1882 [3] — Page 49

DRAFT.

Irlin 3979

Hthing

47

Paraphrase of

Telegram sent in cipher

Sovernor

HongKong

Mr.

Mr.

MINUTE.

Mr. Wingfield.

Mr. Bramston.

Mr. Meade.

Mr. Herbert.

Mr. Courtney.

Lord Kimberley.

Secret

an 157

Lux

9 March

؟

H. M. Government

wish cable between

Hongthing & Kowloon

to be owned by a British

Company,

and both

Ends of it to be or

British soil, and so

Cannot allow the

Chinese Company's proposal to be accepted