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COLONIAL
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DOMESTIC.
Office or Individual.
Foreign
1904
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No.
HONG KONG
5732
(Subject.)
Hankow-Canton Rly.
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5732
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considers it not favourable proposal that HMG should acquire substantial interest in Kowloon-Canton Rly and that it be constructed as soon as possible, also whether HMG will give guarantee to British Chinese company for loan.
(Minutes.)
et. J. O. S.
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5290 and 22 April
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7141
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1872
Answer that proposals from the British and Chinese Corporation with a view to constructing a line from Hongkong to Canton are now being considered and Mr. Lyttelton will communicate with Lord Lansdowne on this subject. As regards the Hankow-Canton Scheme, copies of further despatches from the DAG are enclosed.
(7141-10378-12409-12581)
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