Enclosure No 1 to Scent despatch $27.4.
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REE 28 AUG 06 Peking.
Sir,
July 4th.06.
with refermca to your Excellencey's de patch Seent of May 10th and your telegrams of may 11th on the subject of a proposed Railway connecting Canton with Whampoa, I have the honour to stake that according to my information this project was mooted by the Chang referred to in Sir. E. Salow's telegrams of April 18th 1905. to Lord Lansdownr, but that the Cantonese. grutry objected to his having anything to do with it, and that nothing has been dour. Jou assured that the Chinese Gove innow nothing officially about it.
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Your Excellency's despatch of May 10th hurutions newspaper articles only, but in your telegram of May 11th you refer to other inform ation which would undicate that serious
taken in the matter.
steps were bring taken
It would be sour assistance
to me if your
Excellency would be so good as to inform
me of the nature of this information.
I am communicating a copy of this despatch to H. I. Consul-Jeurral at Cantonu.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your Excellency's most obediit,
hummber servant
(X) Lauerlot. D. Carungit
Sir Matthew Nathan, H. C. M. q.
eli, elé, elê,
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