By Cable from Messrs. Edmund Davis & Co. to Foreign Office in London,
27 & 28, OLD JEWRY, LONDON, E.C.
425945 17 US 041
12 December, 1904,
Sir:-
Referring to my letter of the 25th October last, I have the honour to inform you that my friends are still willing to find the capital for the construction and equipment of the Canton-Kowloon line or, failing that, the Shanghai-Ningpo-Hangchow line, and I should feel obliged if you would let me know whether His Majesty's Government are able to make any communication to me on the subject, as I cannot keep my friends' capital pledged indefinitely.
(Signed)
Edmund Davis.
The Under Secretary of State,
Foreign Office.