Enclos un Nazta. Suur Dubali 42411/26
2m No.
Sir,
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Arilis - Chunnus Corporation Limite
Hong Kong 12 January 1906
Canton Kowloon Railway
The Effart
li beg to thank you for your letur, with two culosauce, of 4wkaday date, also for the information which you wue qood quough to verbally communicate to us, the Ou Briksh Munisher is of opinion the British & Churcas Corporation. Shonto persist in negotiating at Canton and not treat the Vicuœy's despate of December 20thas his last word on the Jubflet.
Views Juch no test Expreped & tu Betlich Munisher lead us to believe the Siv Quaat Sabow Huniks we should apply to the Vicusy at Canton for another unterrüo with his deputies and we have accorduigh adtrepid the Consulqinued as per copy chilored, requesting him to cudlevour to arrangs for another meeting, though from the abitude assumed & Vicusy Shum in regard to this particular concession, and of An Churicze Government to 'lfu construction of railway by foreign capital in quest, in fear that no good pumpou can be Verved by local negotiations until some definite undustanding is arrived at beboxen Stis Majut' Government the Churners of the ohoh question.
Jh the Vicuoy', dupaten to the Courel quieres of 30a Dicember, a copy of which you wh Kuid Enough to vend to us, then au Jeune pouits colich we think it could be e mistakes to allow to pat cinnoticed, and the matter, as thunk, as tiu despatch in question was uitenta for communiicion though loath to houble Your Exuding in to Your Excluence only of would be with if the unacusacies therein, referred to below, com browed to tu Viceroy's notice by Your Exuberry, pccial request.
In "Para 2 of this despatch, the Vicuoy states that the Decimuring Agerment
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is only Draft Agreement” and has nothinig in common wito à" Ferial Agreement loc beliwn lau ectual Chuitu Character employed by Shany to repaisand" "Delliminidas Agreement in tin Churicu text, are capable of being handlated as "Rough Agreement" but whethath Agreement is called Prelimuriang "Rough si Draft - it was newnthengs Sauctioned & the Joung-li Yance and the Euspeor of Chircle, and com coquid, sealed and delivered by Shery, and the Aquirts of the Corporation in March 1899, and it is thenfar a volcun and bending doumat which canud bu dislegaidid a thu mamy desired & the Vicnor of Cantor, Ancover, this Prolimusiary Agreement, when the berms of the Furicel Aquemond of tin
joviću ↳ Claus 2 of Shanghai- Wanking Railway com apeed to and confirmed & Impuial dict org/une 1903 this Preliminary Agreement Humeupon assumed in status of a Final Agreement, in terms of the Shanykai Wankung vai loeg, mutalis mustaudis being applicable thusto. This is a pouit in Vicusy persistenty, a coucni atly ¡quotas.
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Park 3. The English text and Or Chuice text of Clause 5 of tudelimunay Apunut bary to sonu Extent, the former reads: "This Setluminay Afreenaud in sigued by thu Divista quinst of the Impacas Chuinakailway Aɔmmiskalisı, who woch in cân thuu should arist local difficulties consult with tar Vicuoy of Canton to make the heupary arrangements, the saw Vicuoy cock in conjunction with ten Director Tenual memorialize the Throne before the fuise agreement is siqued"? while the latin haushates" the foregoing rough agreement shah in con fires uistams be liqued Y to Directa General and then the Viccoy and governor will be consulted, and in case thus should be local obfctious it skal be forthwith amended. Anyha's cohen. lou Kinis comes for settling the origurint agreement a joust memorial shah is preserbad forthwith."
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