CO129-270 - Public Offices & Others - 1895 — Page 22

Registered No.

54085

Any reply should bear this number,

and should be addressed:

"The Secretary,

"General Post Office."

GENERAL POST OFFICE, LONDON.

Sir,

C. O.

3873

March 1895.

19

Gir

2505

I am directed by the Postmaster General to acknow

ledge the receipt of your letter of the 12th ultimo,

forwarding the copy of an Ordinance passed by the

Legislature of Hong Kong to secure, in certain cases,

the rights of property in telegraphic messages, and to

prevent the forgery and improper disclosure of telegrams

together with a copy of the Report of the Attorney

General for Hong Kong thereupon, and a copy of a

similar Act passed by the Cape of Good Hope.

In reply I am to acquaint you, for the information

of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, that Mr.

Arnold Morley sees no objection to the Ordinance being

allowed to remain in operation.

The Under Secretary of State,

COLONIAL OFFICE.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

Men hadissa