COPY.
295 M 3.A.J. 19,
Enclosure 1.
Whitehall Gardens,
05
22nd.
London, S..,
November, 1907.
C.O.
sir,
Kowloon-Canton Railway,
6358
Reco Red 22 FEB 08
With reference to your letter No. 2675
of the 20th. July, I have the honour to enclose a copy of a
further letter which we have received from the Consulting
Engineers asking that the question of the grant of a house allow
-ance to the Resident Engineer for the construction of the
Kowloon-Canton Railway, and to certain officers of his staff,
may receive further consideration in view of the additional
representations which have been made to them by the Resident
Engineer.
2.
For the reasons given in the Consulting
Engineers' letter we desire to support their recommendations and
we would also invite attention again to the general considera-
-tion stated in the concluding paragraph of our letter of the
14th. June.
3.
I may add that in Ceylon the practica
has been to provide for free quarters in the agreements of the
construction staffs. In the Straits Settlements and the
Federated Malay States no such provision has been made in the
agreements, but we are writing to Singapore to ascertain whether
quarters have in fact been given free of rent.
I have etc.,
(sd.) E. E. Blake.
The Honourable
The Colonial Secretary,
Hongkong.