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Sir,
Downing Street,
27th January, 1883.
I have the honour to inform you that, a question having arisen as to the source from which the cost of a Telegram should be defrayed, which was sent by Her Majesty's Consul at Batavia to the Governor of the Straits Settlements respecting Cholera, I caused the suggestion to be made to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs that a general rule might be established that Consular Officers should prepay all Telegrams sent to Colonial authorities, and Colonial Governments pay for all Telegrams sent to Consular Officers, as such a rule would obviate the necessity for any correspondence as to the recovery of the cost, or for determining difficult points respecting the liability of the sender or receiver in many cases. I added that if in particular cases a Colonial Government should request that special information involving a considerable charge should be furnished to them by telegraph, a different arrangement might be made; but that in that case it would be more convenient that the Consular Officer should apply direct to the Colonial Government concerned, for the recovery of the cost, than that the matter should be adjusted by a claim on this Department, which would almost necessarily involve a reference to the Colony.
In reply, Lord Granville has informed me that he agrees to my proposals.
The Officer Administering
the Government of
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient humble Servant,
DERBY.
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CIRCULAR.
-534183
146
Sir,
Downing Street,
27th January, 1883.
I have the honour to inform you that, a question having arisen as to the source from which the cost of a Telegram should be defrayed, which was sent by Her Majesty's Consul at Batavia to the Governor of the Straits Settlements respecting Cholera, I caused the suggestion to be made to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs that a general rule might be established that Consular Officers should prepay all Telegrams sent to Colonial authorities, and Colonial Govern- ments pay for all Telegrams sent to Consular Officers, as such a rule would obviate the necessity for any correspondence as to the recovery of the cost, or for determining difficult points respecting the liability of the sender or receiver in many cases. I added that if in particular cases a Colonial Government should request that special information involving a considerable charge should be furnished to them by telegraph, a different arrangement might be made; but that in that case it would be more convenient that the Consular Officer should apply direct to the Colonial Government concerned, for the recovery of the cost, than that the matter should be adjusted by a claim on this Department, which would almost necessarily involve a reference to the Colony.
In reply, Lord Granville has informed me that he agrees to my proposals.
The Officer Administering
the Government of
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Yoner most obedient humble Servant,
DERBY.
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