P
Endlos Jim No.
571
PEKING.
7th April 1905.
1
Dear Mr Ross,
I propose to put before H.M. Government as soon as
possible the information you gave me on the 15th relative to the
difference in time which the two sections of the railway will take
to build, and the difficulty we may encounter in getting the Chin-
ese to agree to the proposal in clause 16 of the Schedule providing
that the basis for dividing the net profits shall be the actual cost,
in which the cost of land and commissions shall not be reckoned. I
think they should know beforehand what are likely to be the stumbling
blocks in the way of negotiations. Have you any objection to giving
me a copy of the estimate you showed me of what amount would be
really available for construction out of a nominal loan of £1,350,000
and the rough estimate for the British section?
5.
Yours truly,
ERNEST SATOW.