§ MR. WEIRI beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, having regard to the fact that a sum of £800 is placed on the Civil Service Supplementary Estimates under Class VII. for the cost of repairing the cable between Chefoo and Wei-hai-wei, will he state on what ground this cable is being maintained by the British Government.
THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Mr. MOKENNA,) Monmouthshire, N.The cable was constructed at the charge of His Majesty's Government and is worked by the Eastern Extension Australasia and China Telegraph Company under an Agreement a copy of which was laid before Parliament, H.C. Paper 151 of 1901. The cost of repairing the cable is borne by His Majesty's Government under the terms of the Agreement.
§ MR. MCKENNAasked for notice.