CO129-363 - Public Offices & Others - 1909 — Page 328

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establish an Observation Station in Pratas.

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No great

expense need be incurred. It is estimated that the

cost of a suitable Wireless Telegraph Installation

would cost from £400 to £500, exclusive of the cost of

inexpensive buildings for the operating room, engine

house, and living quarters of the Staff which need not

consist of more than three persons.

The observations

are of a simple nature relating merely to readings of

the barometer, force and direction of the wind, and

other weather indications, and do not require to be

made by an expert staff.

Communication with the main-

land of China could no doubt be undertaken without

much expense by the Chinese Naval Authorities at Canton.

In the event of the Chinese Government adopting

this suggestion, Sir John Jordan is requested to state

that the Hongkong Government will be ready to co-operate

in receiving and transmitting the observations to Canton

and elsewhere, as may be arranged with the Chinese local

The Director of the Hongkong Observatory

authorities.

would also, if desired, undertake the instruction of

the Staff to be sent to Pratas in the method of taking

the observation.

(Signed)

J. N. Jordan.

British Legation,

Peking.