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Under Secretary of State
Foreign Office.
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Compress Event
Sir,
I have laid before the Earl of
Elgin your letters of the 20th ultime
(20078) and 27th ultimo (20684) respecting
the Chinese loans required for the construc-
tion of the Hankow-Canton Railway.
2. In the former letter Sir E. Grey en-
quires whether in his Lordship's opinion
there would be serious objection to an af-
rangement whereby the northern section of
this line would be constructed with British,
and the southern section with French,
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