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to inform their Lordships

that

on the 11th instant

a notice was received

from the Central Talth ffice that "The Eastern Company's cable between Singapore

& Saigon in temp warily interrupted, & the only available route for China

Adapan is by the Great Northern Company's route via Russia".

On the

13th wish a further notice

was received,

that The

Singapore Saigen cable

is repaired; messagesch

China Japan

can again

be forwarded by the lastin

Company". The interruption

of the cable was th

on

2416 the present occas

short duration;

to siguire

but Jam

whether the

possibility of

the recur-

rence of such an

which might be more frolonged interruption affects

their Lordship's decisio

as to the desirabilit

of.

a

direct cable from

Singapore to Hongkay.

3.

I am at the same,

time to transmit tizen

Hal

to be laid before

Lordships, copy of a

letter from the Lendar Chamber of Commerce supporting the proposal of direct telegraphic Communication between

those

Hongsong

No.

Straits

9394

(Subject.)

REC?

417

DOMESTIC.

C. O.

9394

REGE27 MAY 85

(mes (2020) Defences of Hongkong:

Date.

-dent on

#

Article by Special Correfor- English Policy National Defence

(Minutes.)

Mr Meade

With this letter from the Times Herything Chinese Correspondent (Mr Colquhoun) I also annex a pamphlet

"The Defences of received privately from

Both are now partially

the Colony-

froductions

times

out of date.

? to Capt Jekyll to note & then