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issued by the Wa-Hop Company.
It will
be seen that the present terminus of the line is at Kow-Wa- a small village, on the mainland of China, nearly copposite Hongkong, and about four " miles from this city. It is further
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notified that :" "The tariff of rates will
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- be 5 cents per word, to which, however, "about a in
English money
will have to be added an extra charge
of o
one cent for transmission
by steam
launch between Hongkong, and the present terminus of the Pine. This extra charge will be abolished as soon as the Company has received
permission
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permission from the Colonial Government to connect the end of the land line with Honghong by sable!
4.
Mr. Ho-Amei, a Chinese
merchant, residing here, and one of
the principal promoters and managers.
of the Company, courteously requested me, as the Governor of Hongkong, to.
Line by
inaugurate the new Line transmitting the first message
Accordingly, on the 9th instant I sent the subjoined telegram to Mr. Hewlett, the British Consul at Canton:-
"I request Ber Majesty's Consul
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