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Sir,
I am duly in receipt of your letter of the 13th instant on the subject of the Canton-Kowloon Railway, stating that you have received instructions from H.M. Minister by telegram to request me to appoint delegates at an early date to discuss and arrange matters.
Some time ago, I sent delegates to meet you and Mr. Ross, the representative of the Corporation. Subsequently I received a telegram from the Wai Wu Fu pointing out that the Shanghai Nanking Railway was a long line requiring large funds, whereas in the Canton-Kowloon Railway, the conditions were quite different, the line being short and requiring but small outlay.
Accordingly, the general scope for the construction of this railway ought to be decided in the first instance and thereby avoid future useless discussion.
Under these circumstances, I have made two suggestions which I have telegraphed to the Wai Wu Fu to be communicated to H.M. Minister for his consideration:-
(1). To borrow the funds from the British Corporation; engage English engineers; and China to construct the railway herself. The line is to be the security, and if thereafter there should be default in the payment of principal or interest, then the British Corporation is to be free to control the accounts of the railway.
(2) The railway to be constructed by funds raised in ...
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