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Red 15 OCT 07
Peking.
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001 5 1907
17 August 1907.g
389.
sir,
With
reference to my despatch No. 191 of the 24th
April last, I have now the honour to report that Mr.
Wu Ting-fang having deal ined to accept the appointment
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2. conferred upon him by Imperial Decres, on the ground of
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ill-health, the commencement of work on the Canton-
Koslown ka lway has been postponed pending the choice of
a suitable successor.
A successor has now been found in the preon of
Mr, Kol-Fan, a Second Rank official and Taotai Designate
on the Xuangsi establishment, and the Imperial assent
to the appointment has been signified in response to a
Kemorial by the Board of Communications which was
published in the Garette of the 7th instant.
Kr. Tei-Wan, whose appointment as Managing Director
is gazetted, is described in the Memorial as having a
reputation for ability and special knowledge of subjecte
connected with publia worka.
He appears, according to a
telegram
The Right Honourable
Sir Edward Grey Bart.. I.P.,
etc. eta. etc.