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No. 99.
Acting Consul-General Warren to the Marquess of Salisbury.—(Received October 12.)
(No. 126.) My Lord,
by our
Shanghae, September 1, 1900,
I HAVE the honour to inclose a copy of a despatch which I have received from Her Majesty's Acting Consul-General at Hankow, forwarding a certified copy of the Agreement by which, under guarantee of Her Majesty's Government, the Hong Kong and Shanghae Banking Corporation is lending his Excellency the Viceroy the equivalent of 75,000%.
Mr. Fraser states in his despatch that the Viceroy had informed him that he would certainly need another 500,000 taels in about three months' time, and that the Belgian and German authorities had offered bim loans of this amount.
The Ichaug Salt Li-kin has an unappropriated balance of some 300,000 taels, which would be ample to secure the fresh loan asked for.
I have to-day had the honour to telegraph to your Lordship to the above effect.
I have, &c.
(Signed)
PELHAM L. WARREN.
Inclosure 1 in No. 99.
Acting Consul-General Fraser to Acting Consul-General Warren.
[Not received.]