CO129-415 - Governor Sir May - 1914 [12] — Page 399

of love.

Communication with Sarawak is of a siderable importance to Singapore, and we should not reduce the range of the station without consutting the For.

Telegraph to her the cost of the 350 mls station propored, and the adol a 400 mls station, and ach hien which he proffers- pountry out that has als is recessary to moure commumican boy day with Sarawak.

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ALL COMMUNICATIONS

TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE

GROWN AGENTS FOR THE COLONIER,

THE ABOVE REFERENCE AND THE

DATE OF THIS LETTER BEING QUOTED.

TELEGRAME "OROWN, LONDON”

TELEPHONE 7780 VICTORIA (8 LINER.)

sir,

44.

6260

REG?

4215

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+1

WHITEHALL GARDENS,

LONDON, S. W.

2nd February, 1914.

ca.

29.1.14.and eclosures.

In pursuance of your letter No. 43110 of the

19th December 1913, we instructed Messrs. Preece Cardew

& Snell to enter into negotiations with the Marconi

Company with a view to obtaining from them anoffer for

the establishment of the desired Wireless Telegraph

Stations at Singapore, Penang, Hong Kong and Mombasa.

2. I have now the honour to enclose for the

consideration of the Secretary of State a copy of a

letter from Messrs. Freece Cardew & Snell covering the

tender and connected papers submitted by the Company

for these four stations together with the draft of a

contract which the Company is prepared to sign.

3.

It will be seen that the conditione of the

contract are the same as those drawn up for signature

by the Anglo-French Co. and approved by the Colonial

Office, with the exception of the modifications to

which attention is drawn in the Consulting Engineers'

covering letter and which they consider reasonable,

The f.o.b. price quoted is identical for

each station, viz. 23,641.6.1. plus £500 in each case

for the services of an engineer to erect the station.

It

4.

The Under Secretary of State,

&c.

&c. &c.

Colonial Office.