PY.
30.224.
Sir,
H.E. Sir E. Satow to Sir Edward Grey.
30 April 08.
Received 25 May 08.
21172
JUN 20 1908.
PEKING.
25th May 1908.
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C.O.
23542
30 JUN 08
The appointment of Mr. R. St. George Moore as
engineer of the Wuchang-Yochow section of the Hankow-
Canton railway, which was referred to in my despatch
No. 207 of May 11th, was definitely made on April 30th,
under an agreement, copy of which is enclosed herewith.
The terms of this agreement, which was negotiated by
Mr. Moore with the Taotai Authorities directly and without
the direct intervention of His Majesty's Consul General,
are, I believe, not such as would be generally acceptable
to British Engineers in Chinese employ, but Mr. Moore
appears to be specially agreeable to the Chinese and
the agreement may work well in his case.
On May 21st, Mr. Bland handed me a memorandum
(copy enclosed) upon his negotiations regarding a con-
struction loan for the Canton-Hunan section of the
The Right Honourable
Sir Edward Grey, Bart., M.P.
&C.
&C.
&C.
railway