CO129-210 - Governor Sir Bowen - 1883 [6-7] — Page 316

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

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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.

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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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