473
élegrams from the
Frontier at Kowloon to
by
rvea
of.
service, which I believe still
continues.
ago
made with the Great Northern Telegraph Company.
Yesterday
fe
received the following selegram.
Chinese
Hongkong
steam launch
from
acc
Viceroy asking
Li
About three weeks
we were informed that Thing-tajen, the Chief Director of the Chinese Telegraph Ad- -ministration, had visited Canton
and
over
Hongkong.
and had taken
the Wa Hop Telegraph
Company, and
was prepared to
connect the Chinese system
overs
to
carry
the
at Kowloon,
We
are
quite ready
Agent at Shanghai :-
"Messages to
-ve
from both Li and Pekin Government.
ve
to requisition you
" to move the Government to " complete Hongkong question "quickly. Please "may reply."
answer
that I
As the Chinese have
Corn
my
always treated with - pany through Sheng's Company
might
I
suggest
that Her
Majesty's Government should
the Governor of
out this arrangement
same conditions which
prevail at Shanghai, provided it is without prejudice to the Agreements which we
have
instruct
Hongkong
to inform
Company
my
that the Government
is prepared to approve of
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