[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]
CHINA RAILWAYS.
CONFIDENTIAL.
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(No. 313.) Sir,
[July 7.]
SECTION 1,
No. 1.
Sir Edward Grey to Sir J. Jordan.
Foreign Office, July 7, 1908.
I HAVE received your despatch No.205 of the 11th May last on the subject of the levy of li-kin on the Shanghai-Nanking Railway.
I have to express to you my satisfaction at the result of your representations as to the charges on foreign imports.
I observe that the Wai-wu Pu state that the conditions under which rail-borne and water-borne goods are transported are not the same, but they do not specify wherein the difference lies. I shall be glad to learn how this question stands.
I am, &c. (Signed) E. GREY.
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