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ADMIRALTY.
15th February 1899.
With reference to Admiralty letter, H.475, of the 27th ultimo, urging the importance of connecting telegraph system by Wei-hai-Wei with the British means of an all British cable,
I am commanded by Their Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to request that you will represent to the Secretary of State, that they have just received from the Commander-in-Chief on the China Station a letter drawing attention to the many errors which occur in the transmission of messages over the Imperial Chinese wires, and citing as an example a telegraphic order recently given by him to Rear Admiral Fitzgerald to proceed in Her Majesty's Ship "Barfleur" to Wei-hai-wei from Hong Kong, calling on route at Nagasaki if he wished to do so.
Owing to an error in transmitting the cipher groups,
Foreign Office.
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1745.
S17:-
4439
RECE &
Rade 21 FEB 99 231
ADFIRALTY.
15th. February 1899.
With reference to Admiralty letter, H. 475, of
the 27th. ultimo, urging the importance of connecting
telegraph system by
Wei-hal-Wei with the British
rieans of an all British cable,
I am commanded by r
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to request that
you will represent to the Secretary of State, that
they have just received from the Commander-in-Chief
on the China Station a letter drawing attention to
the many errors which occur in the transmission of
messages over the Imperial Chinese wires, and citing
as an example a telegraphic order recently given by
him to Rear Admiral Fitzgerald to proceed in Hor Ka-
jesty's Ship "Barflour" to Wel-hai-wal from Hong Kong
calling on raito at Nagasaki if he wished to do so.
Owing to an error in transmitting the cipher
der Secretary of State,
Foreign Office.
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