998 REPORT-i808. 



fiensitiveness. Any further increased sensibility of the instruments is likely to 

 be at the expense of steadiness, and ■would tend to bring them within the range of 

 influence of other surrounding forces. It is even now quite beyond that required or 

 justified by the cable itself under present conditions. 



To the political, strategic, and commercial importance of this line the author has 

 already drawn attention in the 'Fortnightly Review ' for September, 1898. 



