CO129-314 - Public Offices - 1902 — Page 478

We suggested Aniision of words

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agreed

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I am aware of the difference in charge to which my Hon.

Friend calls attention. It is in accordance with a well

established principle of the Telegraph Convention that

adjoining Countries like Russia and China or China and British

India may make arrangements between themselves for lower

rates than those which are generally applicable; and Hong

Kong, as forming geographically part or Chine, has been

brought within the terms of the special agreements regulating

telegraphic rates between China and Russia on the one hand

and China and British India, on the other.

These and other charges have been under the consideration

of the Colonial Office and Post Office and I hope that it may

be possible to reduce the rate between this Country and Hong

Kong at the

onference

I ought to add that the Great Northern Company does not

possess a monopoly of landing rights in any British territory,

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