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PEKING.
7th June, 1905.
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Gentlemen:
Canton-Kowloon Railway.
We last addressed you on the 4th May and much
regret to inform you that since then no progress has
been made with negotiations for the above railway.
Sheng Kungpao, with whom the Wai Wu Pu wished
to discuss the matter, arrived in Peking about the
middle of May and obtained an early audience, after
which we were in hopes that the above Board would
then be in a position to definitely inform the British
Minister as to the Official with whom our negotiations
were to be carried on. After waiting more than a
fortnight and no reference being made to the proposed
negotiations, Sir Ernest Satow paid a special visit
to the Wai Wu Pu and there learnt from Na Tung that
Sheng is being attacked on all sides by his foes,
and that until he has either beaten them or been de-
The Board of Directors,
The British & Chinese Corporation Limited,
London.
feated,