In any further communica-
tion on this subject, please quote
No. 10255.
and address-
The Under-Secretary of State,
Foreign Office,
London.
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Sir:-
Immediate.
C.O.
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Inv. 26 MAR 08
FOREIGN OFFICE
March 26th, 1908.
With reference to the letter from this Department
10749 of the 25th instant regarding the appointment of a
Chinese consulting engineer for the Chinese section
of the Canton-Kowloon Railway, I am directed by Se-
cretary Sir Edward Grey to state, for the information
of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, that a
telegram has now been received from His Majesty's
Chargé d'Affaires at Peking stating that proposals
which the Board of Communications have lately
made
with regard to the work of a consulting engineer have
been communicated to the engineer-in-chief of the
Chinese section by Mr. Bland, the agent of the British
and Chinese Corporation. This gentleman is of opin-
ion that the reply of the engineer-in-chief should be
awaited before any further steps are taken.
In these circumstances Sir E. Grey would propose,
with the concurrence of the Earl of Elgin, to await
the reply.
Under Secretary of State,
the Colonial Office.