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ALL COMMUNICATIONS
TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE
CROWN AGENTS FOR THE COLONIES,
THE ABOVE REFERENCE AND THE
DATE OF THIS LETTER BEING QUOTED.
TEL. ADD."CROWN, LONDON"
PRINTED FOR USE
WHITEHALL GARDENS,
17th September
LONDON, S. W.
1906
Sir,
Hong Kong-Kowloon-Canton Railway
Survey
9478
Aug:06
Statement.
With our letter of the 19th of April 1905,
we forwarded, among others, a copy of a letter dated the 15th
of April from the Consulting Engineers on the subject of
the estimated cost of the surveys for the British Section
of the Kowloon-Canton Railway.
In the seventh paragraph
of their letter, the Consulting Engineers estimated the cost
of the reconnaissance survey of both eastern and western
routes at £1,800 and the cost of the location survey of
the eastern route at £1,785, making a total of £3,585; and
in the first paragraph of their letter of the 15th March 1905,
a copy of which was communicated to you with ours of the
22nd, they stated that their fee for reporting upon the result
of the surveys would be £525. The estimated cost of the
surveys which have been carried out was therefore £4,110.
2.
I now enclose for the information of the Earl of
Elgin a copy of a letter and enclosure which we have received
from the Consulting Engineers, from which it will be seen
that the actual cost of the surveys has amounted to
£3,303.4.5, being a saving on the estimate of £806.15.7.
We have paid Sir John Wolfe Barry & Partners
the outstanding amount, viz: £803.4.5, and have reported the
matter to the Colonial Government.
3.
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your Obedient Servant,
The Under Secretary of State.
Colonial Office.
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