CO129-241 - Governor Des Voeus - 1889 [1-7] — Page 546

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present arrangement under which the cable, constituting quires

which

of telegraphie

the sole means

communication between this

Colony and Singapore, is - landed in Foreign territory,

as other than one which in

the event of war might,

this

expose Colony special danger.

LX.

duplicate

to

ets, however, a

communication.

with Singapore cannot

be attained by apparently

private

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private enterprise without a subsidy, the question arises

as to the sources.

the neces

necessary

from which

amount should

be contributed, and in what

proportions.

مجھ

There

Can

be

no

doubt that benefit would be derived by the Imperial Government, by the Colonies of Hongkong and the Straits Settlements, and if the -

route were via North Borneo,

also. that dependency

by

6.

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