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Commistration.

2. The question of allowing the

Chiese Telegraph

Commistration to

continue to operate

in British temtory

was

raused by sis

m Nathan in 1904. a

а

copy of his despatch

is

enclosed, after

consulting Sir matthew,

it

wa

lake

at

20

decided to

action

the time in order

to avoid the possiblity of prejudicing the

nogotiations

ngarding the Canton Kowloon Railway

which

was then

in progress.

3. Sir Ingard,

in vreis

of

and the

contemplated ba

the

the state gutte absorption by Chinese For

Chuese Telegrap

the

5384

Hald

Admnistration,

cally as attention

now

to

the question

and suggests that Siplomatic action

should be taken

with

view

to

Chinese

removing the terminal office to the frontier, when arrangements

otto

could be

табе

for the working of

the section in the

Colony. M

4. Lord (net would be glad to seeive Sure Grey's observations

the Governor's

proposal