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permission may be granted to the above Company to land a submarine sable on the Island of Hongkong from a point on Chinese Territory- where the land line of the Company will terminate, in order to establish direst Telegraphie communication__. between Hongkong and Canton

And I pray that this.

application may

be submitted to His Excellency the Administrator with the request that His Excellency if he deems

will have the same

it necessar

ecessary, forwarded to His Lordship the dcoretary of State for the Colonies for

his consideration.

have &c.

(signed) Ho Amey

C

Copy

In esone 3621 of 1882

Hongkong.

24

Hughing. Seneral Chamber of Commerce

Honghong, 26th September, 1989.

Ho Amey, Egy

Sir,

I have to acknowledge

the

receipt of your

letter

of

the 28th ultimo

giving cover to copies of correspondence between yourself on behalf of the "Canton Hongkong We Hop Telegraph Company and the Government asking for permission to

lay

کے

cable across the harbour

from

Chinese Frontier at Kowloon to British

Territory

in Victoria.

While sympathiring

the

with the spirit of enterprise exhibited

by