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Enclosing copy of letter from Lord Kimberley thanking him for completion of the cable to Jamaica. Details of situation re Jacmel landing, with estimate for cost of additional cable, for which the Board want Bright's approval by wire. Still no news from the French Government re Martinique and Guadaloupe. Enclosing private letter re situation in Peru. Could lay the Panama section next to give time to complete negotiations on Jacmel and Martinique and Guadaloupe. Last of the clerks leaves for St Thomas.