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the Colony or transfer this Licence to or permit the
same to be used by any other Person.
2. The Director of Public Works may revoke this Licence
at any time by giving One Month's Notice of such
revocation to the Licensee. And in every such case
the bicensee shall be entitled to a return of a
proportionate part of the Licence Fee for the un-
expired term of the Licence.
3..Notice in the Hong Kong Gazette of the revocation of
this Licence shall be sufficient in all-cases where
personal notice cannot be effect.
4. No buildings of any kind shall be erected nor shall
any works of a permanent character be carried on,
on the ground to which this licence refers without
the written permission of the Director of Public
works.
5. Should such permission be obtained the holder of this
licence shall have no claim for any compensation
whatever on account of such building or work should
the Director of Public Works revoke this licence un-
der terms of condition 2.
6. This Licence is aôt transferable.
7. Should the licensee fail to renew this Licence during
the month of January following, and remain in anauthor-
ized occupation of the land, a sum of $....cents 43.
per month in excess of the reguler yearly fee hereby
charged for reat, shall be payable by him for every
month or part of a month that he has continued in such
unauthorized occupation.
THE ARMADA WA MARA SA HOT rond atom tom pom simultan kona va a se d
The E.E.A.& C. Telegraph Co. in consideration of being
allowed by virtue of this Licence to occupy the land here
specified, do hereby undertake truly and faithfully to
abide by the whole of the above conditions, and do hereby
furthermore particularly pledge themselves not to fail
in their renewal of this licence within the time pres- cribed in Gondition No. 7. should they desire to con-
tinue in occupation of the land after the expiration
of the current year.
VI.
Bastern Extension Company's Cables from North Point, Hong Kong Island, accross the Harbour to Hung Hom in the Kowloon Peninsula for connexion with the Telegraph Lines of the Imperial Government of China and other
purpose.
The first Cable from North Point.
Colonial Secretary, Hong Kong, to General Manager, The
Eastern Extension & Company Limited.
sir,
Colonial Secretary's Office
Hong Kong
31st. May 1582
I am directed by the Administrator to inform you
that His Excellency has been instructed by the Secretary
of State to grant you the concession prayed for by
your letter of 23rd: March last to lay a submarine
cable between Hong Kong and Kowloon connected at one'
end with your offices in Victoria and at the other
with a telegraphic line on the Anglo Chinese Frontier
to be establihed to communicate with Canton. This
concession is made subject to the general terms of the
Agreement made with the Great Northern Company in 1870
and the right is reserved to Government of granting
other concessions hereafter if thought necessary although
it is not contemplated at the present moment to exercise
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