Sir:-
With reference to Mr. Carnegie's despatch of September 9th reporting the result of an interview with Prince Ch'ing on the subject of the Whampoa railway project, I have the honour to enclose for your information copies of a despatch dated August 21st received from His Majesty's Consul General at Canton, and of a Note which I addressed to Prince Ching on September 17th.
The official proclamation issued by the Viceroy of Canton, a translation of which is enclosed in 17. Mansfield's despatch disposes of Prince Ch'ing's disingenuous explanation of the nature of the scheme, and places it beyond doubt, that the trace of the proposed Canton-Amoy railway must run for a considerable distance along the route of the Canton-Kowloon line.
The Right Honourable
Sir E. Grey, Bart., M.P.,
etc.,
etc.,
PEKING.
September 1906.
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