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With reference to the telegram relative to the Railway to Whampoa, received from the Governor of Hongkong, you should represent to the Chinese Government that the construction of the railway would constitute a breach of the Canton Kowloon Preliminary Agreement, for the reason stated in the Governor's telegram, and that the Viceroy should at once be instructed that the scheme must be abandoned, if the report is correct.