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"to be at the disposal of the British and Chinese
"Corporation and of the French group in equal moieties;
*and that the Chairman of the Company was to be a Bri-
*tish subject appointed by the British group and that
"he would have a casting vote. His Majesty's Gov-
"ernment adhere to this attitude, which is based, (as
"in the case of the agreement arrived at in October
*1905 as to British and French cooperation in the rail-
*way projects of the 'Chinese Central Railways Limi-
"ted'), on the principle of the employment in equal
*proportion of British and French engineers and of
*British and French materials for railway construc-
"tion".
In paragraph 4 between the words "no advantage
in" and "an intimation" the following words might be
inserted.
"The scope of the engagements they took in Janu-
*ary 1906, being extended to the fresh points raised
*in the two last paragraphs of the memorandum commu-
*nicated by Monsieur Cambon and more especially in
These