CO129-295 - Public Offices - 1899 — Page 234

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groups, the optional portion of this message was received by the Rear Admiral as an urgent and imperative order, and consequently the "Barfleur" left Hong Kong immediately for Nagasaki instead of waiting for some reliefs and stores which arrived the next day.

In this instance, only trouble and inconvenience

were caused to Her Majesty's Naval Service,

but it

is easy to conceive circumstances in which far more serious results might ensue from the incompetency,

ignorance

or neglect, (wilful or accidental), of a foreign telegraphist, and my Lords trust that the point now raised may be considered an additional and important reason for an early decision in favour of the desired connection of Wai-hai-wei with the British telegraphic system.

I am,

&c.,

(Signed)

Evan Macgregor,

„odada 10 VILJOT

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