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such right.

The Government also reserves its right to approve

of the plans when the Submarine Cable is to be laid and

the posts and wires are to be erected.

I have &c..

(Signed) F.Stewart

J. Euston Squier Esq.

Acting General Manager

Acting Colonial Secretary.

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other concesseions hereafter if thought necessary, though it is not contemplated at the present moment to exercise such right.

The Government also reserves its right to approve

of the places between where the Submarine Cable is to be laid and the posts and wires are to be erected.

I have &c.

(Signed) W. Marsh

Colonial Secretary.

The Eastern Extension Australasia,

& China Telegraph Company Limited.

The Second Cable from North Point.

In August 1882 permission was granted to the Eastern

Extension Telegraph Company to lay two cables down from

North Point to Hung Hom being one cable extra to that

for which permission was granted on the 31st. May 1873.

The Third Cable from North Point.

Colonial Secretary, Hong Kong, to the Superintenent

Eastern Extension Telegraph Company.

W. Bullard Esq.

Superintendent

Eastern Extension Australasia & China

Telegraph Company Limited.

The Fourth & Fifth Cable from North Point.

On the 22nd. March 1884 permission was granted to the

Eastern Extension Telegraph Company to lay two more cables

down from North Point to Hung Hon, one of which was intended

to work to an office in Kowloon itself and the other a

spare one in case any of the others gave out.

Sir,

Colonial Secretary's Office

27th. August 1883..

I am directed by the Governor to inform you that Bis

Excellency has been instructed by the Secretary of State

to grant you the concession, prayed for in your letter of

the 19th. July last, to lay another submarine cable between

North Point and Kowloon.

2. This concession is made subject to the general

terms of the Agreement with the Great Northern Company in

1870, and the right is reserved to Government of granting

The Sixth Cable from North Point.

Manager in China of the Eastern Extension Australasia

& China Telegraph Company Limited to the Colonial Secret-

ary.

Hong Kong Station,

1st. September, 1891.

The Hoa: The Colonial Secretary

Hong Kong,

Sir,

Owing to damage recently done to our Kowloon

cables by ships anchors, a thorough overhaul and repair

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