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27 and 28, OLD JEWRY
LONDON, E.C.
C. O. C.O.
56150
601
October 17th, 1904.
Sir,
I am in receipt of your letter of the 6th instant, and note that His Majesty's Government is unable to give its support to my application for a concession for the construction of a line of railway from Tongshan, owing to its being an interference with the interests of the Imperial Railways of North China.
I do not wish to see the capital I have secured for the Tongshan Pekin line diverted to other channels, and as the sum is sufficient for the construction and equipment of the Canton Kowloon line I wish to ascertain whether I could not secure the concession of the said line on my satisfying you that the capital will be forthcoming and the construction of the line immediately proceeded with.
I am aware of the fact that the British and Chinese Corporation has obtained from His Majesty's Government
e Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.