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(inquiry on the subject, contained in the Note inclosed in my Despatch No. 227, was addressed to the Wai Wu Pu in consequence of a telegram from the Governor of Hongkong who stated that from articles in the press and from other information he was satisfied that serious steps were being taken to carry out the project. His Excellency's Despatch on the same subject arrived soon afterwards, but mentioned newspaper extracts only. Mr. T'ong, therefore, at his private interview with Mr. Owang Ball, stated that he attached little or no importance to those rumours. I thought it well to address a Despatch to Sir Matthew Nathan, of which I inclose copy, requesting His Excellency to be good enough to furnish me with the nature of the information to which he alluded in his telegram.
I have also requested His Majesty's Consul-General at Canton to at once inform Sir Matthew Nathan and myself should he have any reason to believe that the Waiupon scheme is likely to take any...
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