CO129-220 - Governor Sir Bowen - 1885 [1-3] — Page 547

Enclosure 1.

543

lines between England and Hong Kong...

passing

that

one

of the

the Eastern Extension

Telegraph Company, partly through

French territory; and the other, that.

the Northern Telegraph Company, +

-partly through Russian territory,

forward, for favourable

consideration, a memorandum and

plan with which I have been

furnished by a gentleman of ability

and experience, who has given ineech attention to this

now resident here, and

subject. I have the honour to be,

My Lord,

Enclosures 17

Your Lordship's Most Obedient, Humble Servant,

5. Bowen

Memorandum on the telegraphic communication

copy.)

between England and Houghong.

Hong Kong

23. March, 1885.

With

regarding

reference to our conversation: the urgent importance of having Hong kong linked on to singapore by

Mean

of an English cable, either viê Borneo, or direct, I now enclose a sketch index_

- map, showing wisting lines and. proposed addition .

At present Hougtong is dependent upon lines passing through French and Russian territories, and, on the occasion of the outbreak

of war,

messages could be intercepted, and

false

Metod even

transmitted.

The