CO129-205 - Public Offices - 1882 — Page 146

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his Client - the Eastern Company have affective to no

to dupport them againd

all comers

for the harbour cable-

Meanwhile it will take some years Inobably before there is a Chinese landline to Kastor or even Cantin=

women be

this intense activity to mohet n

of Iremation exempel were it not that whower lays the harbing

Cable will presumably get hold of the and this

fire.

Jthis land

an exclusion rights to havsmich

link, & obtain virtually Elgrams to the whole of China

There is wind guilty sting the reponce in favom etti Chinese Company, which prestable has aching handsen Element aming its intending Bareholders - fr My Tommetijs tolyram is only and

Silanatil

By Jr. J. Henshinyd

&

On comparing Mr. Tonnertiny's telegram with Io. J. Herufi's I think the original Chinese Company has turned itself into

Comp by [hinese Residents offt-Kry: who will be

be just as

AL

keen

as the original Company to Exclude foreigners from the business. For obrust meet them with their

Fat

istapos

Sin the bastion Co. The ofish Gromise - they will When how to

with the Chinese In joining the land arrange system at Karlom — ~

If de blegraph as

153

Ispond to explaining that the actual

regnest Mach left in T. Ward is now out of da

qui

Basoak of date.

844-1573-

Jus; prot Maming P. O. concurene.

Rot bear 15-

agru K March 16

M: Bramston.

142

I wout ove d saw Sir. J. Paconee fote about

the proposed telegram: he wished it to be sent to the F.O. for official

Lalso

suggested

Should be

given

(au contenœ

that no concession

even to the English

to. without the terms being referred

home

I have deafted to the F.O. accordingly

for consideration I made a additim to the telegram-

It seems that the

Great

Small

Easten 6.

have given lef than project of a sea

сер giocan

line from Imaghting to (auton & have

Come to tums with the Daves

had

It seems too that the Foreign Office forgotten the fact that we had already

instructed

the

Governor

without further orders

to make no concession

C-Pd 16 March

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