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In any further communica tion on this subjeez, please quote 13746. No. and address The Under-Secretary of State, Foreign Office, London. Sir: C.0. 14584 Rece Pe 27 APR 081
FOREIGN OFFICE April 25. 1908. 344
With reference to your letter of the 8th. instant respecting the appointment of a Chinese consulting engineer for the Chinese section of the Canton-Kowloon Railway, I am directed by Secretary Sir E. Grey to state for the information of the Secretary of State for the Colonies that in reply to instructions sent to him to telegraph the views of the engineer-in-chief of the railway as soon as possible, His Majesty's Minister at Peking has reported that he discussed the question with that officer during his recent stay at Canton.
The engineer-in-chief seemed to consider the services of a consulting engineer very desirable but not absolutely indispensable. Sir J. Jordan understands that the Chinese authorities are prepared to submit plans for a bridge over the East River to a consulting engineer but decline
Under Secretary of State, Colonial Office.