No. 149.
Mr. West to Mr. Frelinghuysen.

Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith copy of a report of a committee of the privy council of Canada on the subject of a projected cable connecting the Canadian Government telegraph system near [Page 230] Victoria, Vancouver Island, and Point Angelos, Washington Territory, and to submit to you the request therein contained for permission to land the proposed cable in Washington Territory.

I have, &c.,

L. S. SACKVILLE–WEST.
[Inclosure.]

Report of a committee of the privy council for Canada, approved by the Governor-General June 13, 1883.

On a report dated June 8, 1883, from the minister of public works, submitting that it is proposed to lay a cable for the purpose of connecting the Canadian Government telegraph system near Victoria, Vancouver Island, and Point Angelos, Washington Territory, there to connect with the Puget Sound Telegraph Company’s line to Seattle and the United States Government line to Cape Flattery:

The minister represents that an additional cable route would thus be provided between Vancouver Island and the mainland of British Columbia, and also with the United States and Eastern Canada.

The minister recommends that your excellency be moved to communicate with the Hon. Mr. Sackville-West, the British minister at Washington, and request him to seek the permission of the United States Government to land the proposed cable in Washington Territory.

The committee concur in the recommendation of the minister of public works and submit the same for your excellency’s approval.

JOHN J. McGEE,
Clerk Privy Council, Canada.