CO129-206 - Public Offices & Others - 1882 — Page 29

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

Northern Company.

are

in discredit and

Dething of the customs has turned against

the Danes too But.

the sea

have a

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If your Company, dangers are not over, If I had not been in Tiantain in fune lust monopoly and the land monopoly would have been unchallenged and the country would have been given over to the meanest basest and most perfections

and most rapacious of fobbing sess. Your Company stands intact, undamage?? in full possession of it's rights und will preference in the future. But. during the winter the Rucasian Minister,

important-personage in Taking will do his best to rehabilitate the Danes and when he finds out the scheme. I told you was es

in favor of a line Shangai Via Ports to Canton StongKong, But you will strive hard to get a monopoly for the Great Northern Company as compensation_ Just

now, the last August contract- stipulated that the Great Northern. Co.

an

shall have if

'no better terms are

offerect

by others a preference of traffic at the Shangai terminus. By making Canton Hong Kong the terminus as now proposed the Chinese

will be under zw

obligations and give all or part traffic to you

Co

may

they please Taking.

Your Company must watch here at and invoke the aid of the Colonial office

to secure

fair play in Hong Kong. for British

had better not put any

interests-you

trust in the Governor.

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