Hong Long.
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required, Viceroy wants it at th1⁄2 0% but be does not propose to convey such control over Cha railway as in the Cast of the Pchan railway (the says he has other security than the time to Medge) 30 Saw a paid the banks may not be able to do the coau.
Please com avuicatē as you suggest in the last sentence of your beley, of July 114.
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To Governor Hong Kong,
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my inumadiately pricesting tetegmen :--
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Wxeroy
following message. He takes the Viceroy Cauton's reply which I mentioned in my frat Lelegram Howloon railway
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that the Cauton
differs from the Canton - Hankow railway business, The Chiness Construction is certavily capable of this reading. He is willing to give this pisually consideration and advice on the summary of agreements which you an sauding but acks me to point out that hus Awarican Agxrmant must be signed early in angust and he cannot risk that the provisional sum payable under it should dapand on agruments regarding a matter in which he has no official standing bring concluded before a certani dali by parsons over whom he has no control. Should thus condition remain The will be compelled it begotiati
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else where, for the coan agreement tuust precede the American. I replied that y hoped the terms of the agreement's would appear 50
fair that