CO129-505-6 Chinese telegraph office at Hong Kong- transfer to Cantonese control 8-7-1927 - 29-12-1927 — Page 50

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All

Enclosure No. 2.

Copy.

No.310.

Sir,

Government House,

49

Hong Kong, 18th August, 1927.

with reference to your memorandum No.307 of

6th inst., I have the honour to inform you that Mr. Chen

Chang-ying has arrived from Peking to take charge of the

Chinese Telegraph Officehere, and I enclose copies in

Chinese and in translation of letters handed in by him.

I have not yet formally recognized his appointment but

must do so within a very few days, unless some action

is taken by the Canton authorities with a view to the

removal of the office from British Territory. If you

wish his recognition delayed please let me know at once.

In this connection the local manager of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company points out that some little time will be required to make the necessary arrangements for handling the traffic after the location

of the Chinese office is settled if a transfer to Chinese

Territory is decided on.

I have, etc.,

(Sd).

C. Clementi

Governor, &c.

His Britannic Majesty's Consul-General,

CANTON.

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