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meet the necessities of the case.
We beg leave to request that our letter to the
Chinese Minister may be submitted to Sir E. Grey and
that he may be pleased to take note of the contents.
We propose forwarding a copy of it to our Representa-
tive in Peking with instructions to submit it to His
Majesty's Minister.
We are &c.,
The British and Chinese Corporation, Limited.
per
W. Keswick,
Chairman.
Your Excellency:-
22, ABCHURCH LANE,
LONDON, E.C.,
March 5th, 1903.
In April 1907 we had the honour to issue
on behalf of the Imperial Chinese Government, through
the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, a
Loan of £1,500,000 for the construction and equip-
ment of the Canton Kowloon Railway.
A preliminary survey having been made in
1899 under the direction of the eminent Engineers
Sir John Wolfe Barry and Mr. A. J. Barry, and a fur-
ther inspection of the route having been made in
1906, Sir John Wolfe Barry and Mr. A. J. Barry were
able to make a report upon the project which was
published in the Prospectus and from which report it
appeared that the Railway was feasible and could be
completed as a first class line within a period of
3 years at a cost which would be covered by the
available proceeds of the Loan. They further gave
His Excellency
Li Ching Fong,
&c., &c., &c.