The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-09-02
EAST INDIA TELEGRAPH.

GHo INDiA IELEGhAPH.
ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH IN CHINA.
THE EAST INDIA
TELEGRAPH coMPANY's
OFFICE.
Nos. % and 25 NASSAU Street.
ORGANIZED UNDER SPECIAL CHARTER FROM
THE STATE OF NEW YoIK.
CAPITAL. $5,ooo.ooo
$4,000 SHARES, 500 EACH.
DIRECTORS
Hon. ANDREW q. CURTIN. Philadelphia.
PAUL Z. FoRBEs, of Russell d Co. China.
FRED BUITkkFIElD, OF r. Buuerheld g. Co, New
York.
ISAAC LIvERMoRE Treas. Mich. q. r. r., Boston.
ALEXANDRA HOLLAND, Treas. Am Ex Co., New
YORK;
Hon. JANIS NoxoN, Syracuse, Ny.
q. H. PALkER, Treas. w est U. Tel. Co. New York
FLETcHER WEsTRAY, of Westray, Gibbs d Hardcas
tle,N.Y.
NICHOLAS MIcKLEs, New York,
OFFICERS.
A. q. CURTIN, Preside0t.
N. NICKLHs, Vice. Pre-. ident
eKoBeE CONAHT, Secretary,
GEob GLE BILLS cashier National Bank Common.
wealth. Treasurer,
Hon. A. X. Nc, LURE Philadelphia, Solicitor
Abe Chinese GoU,rnment having (thro,,oh The Hon.
AnSon BurnDd,ne) cOnceded TO ts Company Lhe prfy
ge or connecting The great Sedports or The Empire by
submarine eectrtc teltDraph cable propose connenc
ing oaerar0ns IN China, and laying do0n line or 900
miles al once. 6et,0een che fottototng ports vts;-
Population
Canton.'. .OOJ 40
60O0O
Hong Kong 250QOU
swatow 2Vv 90
Annoy 25U UO0I
,2o0 900
u
100000
dhpg 30 uO0
These ports have foreign commerce VI $500 OUO 40
and enormous domestic trade. sides which we
have the immense internal commerce of the np,re.
IadIstlUg from these points, through Its canals and
DaVisaDle rivers
The caole bling laid this company propose erecting
land lines and establishing speedy end Trustworthy
means of communication, which must command
there, everyw here else the Communication OF he
GoveInn ent, OF busL ess and OF social lie especially
In China. She has no postal syste m, and her only
means now of communicating information Is by
courier on land. and ny steamers on water
The Wtslern World kn.ws that China is a 'yerv
large country, In the main densely peopled bat lew
YET SeslIZe that she contains third of the
hum race. lhe attest returns made her central
suhOrities for taxing purposes by the local mag's
trat.s make her population -Four Hundred and E,lur
teen MiLions and Il Is is likely under tn an
over the aotusl aggregate Nearly all OF these who
over ten years old not only but do read and
write Her civilization Is pecu lar, but her literature
is extensive as that OF Europe. Chiua is land of
teachers and raders ana the latter exceedIoslv
quick to avail emselves of every protfered facIlv
for oCurinR early Information. 1t Is observed IN
Ca iiorDia that The Chinese make great use of rho
telegraph though there trar smits I'm En-
glish alone To-Day great numbers Of set ST samers
owned by Chinese merchants, and used by than,
exclusively for the transmission of early
If the Telegraph wepropose connecting all their great
ports. we've now In existence. 1t is believed that
is business would pay It's cost within the fjrst two
ears of It's successful operation, and would steadv
increase thereafter.
No enterprise commends itself as In a greater de-
gree remunerative 10 cspi aliss, and 10 our whole
people It Ia of vast national Importance CONNER
ciaily politically, and evangecalIy.
Shares of lhis company to a limited number NAV
be obtained at $50 EACH $40 able down els on the
Ist of November, and s25 payable In monthly INSTALL
ments of e SO each, commencIpg Dec mber l. 1868
on application to