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Cauton Kowloon Railway
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We have now to answer 41952/07.
In paragraph 2 of that despatch Sir F.Iugard 8.ys
"The cooperation of Government Départments in a work which
is taken out of the direct control of Government is difficult
to secure in what is called the "Departmental System" and
I venture to think constitutes its weakest point. It
was for this reason that in Nigeria I so strongly urged
the modification of the system which I believe Your Lord-
ship has approved, viz the direct control of the local
and I find that in this view I am entirely Government, supported (under conditions which differ materially from
Africa) by Sir F. Swettenham nd Sir M. N-than".
From the attached minutes, you will see that, in
the case of the Baro Kano Railway, a system similar to that
under
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