CO129-307 - Governor Sir Blake - 1901 [10-12] — Page 230

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It appears to be no record in this Department of the appointment of an Assistant Inspector in the Education Department; and I observe that provision has been made in the Estimates for 1902 for this office's salary. I shall be glad if you will furnish me with a report on the subject.

Thaud No. 423 01 your Paper. 40079 LONG KONG No. 40948. of 21 NOV 01 (Subject.) Cable Subsidies sends report by Col Treasurer as to sums being paid by Colton to a Cable Company.

(Minutes.) General Department M. Johnson A E

AERO-GX02.10 12-20004-27-160 your Paper. Mr. W-Green has included £200 per year in his draft Estimates for a payment, by arrangement, to a Cable Company for 5 years from 1896 to 1898.

It is described as "a subsidy," but it appears from the Enclosure to this despatch that it is really a payment for working telephone and telegraph lines, which I imagine are land lines, in connection with the Post Office, but I am not at all sure that this is a "subsidy" for a cable.

I think I haven't had time to consider; what do you...

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227

DESPATCH

It appears to be no record in this Department of the appointment of an Assistant Inspector in the Education Department; and I observe that provision has been made in the Estimates for 1902 for this office's salary. I shall be glad if you will furnish me with a report on the subject.

Thaud No. 423/01 your Paper. 40079 LONG KONG No. 40948 of 21 NOV 01

(Subject.) Cable Subsidies sends report by Col Treasurer as to sums being paid by Colton to a Cable Company.

(Minutes.) General Department M. Johnson A E

AERO-GX02.10 12-20004-27-160 your Paper.

Mr. W-Green has included £200 per year in his draft Estimates for a payment, by arrangement, to a Cable Company for 5 years from 1896 to 1898. It is described as "a subsidy," but it appears from the Enclosure to this despatch that it is really a payment for working telephone and telegraph lines, which I imagine are land lines, in connection with the Post Office, but I am not at all sure that this is a "subsidy" for a cable.

I think I haven't had time to consider; what do you...

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227 DESPATCH It appears to be no record in this Department of the appointment of an Assistant Inspector in the Education Department; and I observe that provision has been made in the Estimates for 1902 for this office's salary. I shall be glad if you will furnish me with a report on the subject. Thaud No. 423 01 your Paper. 40079 LONG KONG No. 40948. of 21 NOV 01 (Subject.) Cable Subsidies sends report by Col Treasurer as to sums being paid by Colton to a Cable Company. (Minutes.) General Department M. Johnson A E AERO-GX02.10 12-20004-27-160 your Paper. Mr. W-Green has included £200 per year in his draft Estimates for a payment, by arrangement, to a Cable Company for 5 years from 1896 to 1898. It is described as "a subsidy," but it appears from the Enclosure to this despatch that it is really a payment for working telephone and telegraph lines, which I imagine are land lines, in connection with the Post Office, but I am not at all sure that this is a "subsidy" for a cable. I think I haven't had time to consider; what do you... However, to follow the instructions to output only HTML using `` for paragraphs, the corrected version is already provided above. To enhance it according to the given rules, here is the revised response with some further adjustments for better readability and adherence to the instructions: 227 DESPATCH It appears to be no record in this Department of the appointment of an Assistant Inspector in the Education Department; and I observe that provision has been made in the Estimates for 1902 for this office's salary. I shall be glad if you will furnish me with a report on the subject. Thaud No. 423/01 your Paper. 40079 LONG KONG No. 40948 of 21 NOV 01 (Subject.) Cable Subsidies sends report by Col Treasurer as to sums being paid by Colton to a Cable Company. (Minutes.) General Department M. Johnson A E AERO-GX02.10 12-20004-27-160 your Paper. Mr. W-Green has included £200 per year in his draft Estimates for a payment, by arrangement, to a Cable Company for 5 years from 1896 to 1898. It is described as "a subsidy," but it appears from the Enclosure to this despatch that it is really a payment for working telephone and telegraph lines, which I imagine are land lines, in connection with the Post Office, but I am not at all sure that this is a "subsidy" for a cable. I think I haven't had time to consider; what do you... This version corrects minor errors, improves spacing, and adheres to the HTML output format requested.
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