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extensime in the near

Chamber, for this Cable does not now obtain.

The spread of Selegraphic Communication of recent years and the promise of further future, leads strongly to the bel of that at no distant date there may be several direct routes between this and Great Britain, which will do away with the dependence upon the existing lines, through Foreign territories that, up to the prezent, have served for telegraphic – communication from this Colony.

Under these evicumstances the

Committee

: tte would strongly deprecate the appropriation of the Colony's Revenue to subsidising the proposed Direct Cable.

Should, however, the Imperial Government see the necessity for placing the two important coaling

stations - Singapore

and Hongkong in direct communication by telegraph, this thamber would we

would we come the scheme as -

another link for the assistence of fommerce,

but

I they could not advocate any expenditure from the Colony's funds for

this

project

project.

Shave 10 (Signed) W.U. Jeffries 4. Secretary

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