CO129-214 - Public Offices & Others - 1883 — Page 543

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the Company to accede to the Obligatory Clauses of the

International Telegraph Convention

2. I am to request you to lay before the Lords of the Treasury for their consideration the enclosed copy of Correspondence with the Company on the subject, and I am to point out that the cable is intended to connect Hongkong and Shanghai, and as it is not a contracting party to the International Telegraph Service Regulations, the Company state the causes which, in their letter of 15th February, they allege apparently do not apply to the present case.

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the Company to accede to the Obligatory Clauses of the International Telegraph Convention

2. I am to request you to lay before the Lords of the Treasury for their consideration the enclosed copy of Correspondence with the Company on the subject, and I am to point out that the cable is intended to connect Hongkong and Shanghai, and as it is not a contracting party to the International Telegraph Service Regulations, the Company state the causes which, in their letter of 15th February, they allege apparently do not apply to the present case.