CO129-397 - Public Offices & Others - 1912 — Page 310

Sir,

The Eastern Extension Australasia & China Telegraph Company, Limited. Electra House, Finsbury Pavement; London, E.C.

21st December 1912,

308

C.O.

40574

23 Otc.2

I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of

your letter No 30037/12, transmitting a copy of a dispatch

from the Governor of Hongkong forwarding the draft of an

Agreement with my Company for the erection and maintenance

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of telegraphic connections along the Kowloon-Canton Railway.

In reply, I have to inform you that my Directors

agree to the terms of the draft, and will be prepared to

sign and seal the Agreement in due course.

Thanking you for your good offices in this

matter,

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your obedient servant

Notar

General Manager,

Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office,

Downing Street, S.W.