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Fr. Bland
June 10th.
My despatch No. 238 of the 26th ultimo will have informed you of the steps which I had up to that date taken regarding the question of a consulting engineer for the Canton-Kowloon railway, and I have now the honour to report my further action in the matter:
On the receipt of your despatch No. 223 of the 12th May, I again conferred with Mr. Bland and we agreed that I should await the result of an interview which he was to have on the 8th June with Mr. Liang Shih-yi before again intervening on behalf of Messrs. Barry.
The result of Mr. Bland's interview, as set forth in the enclosed letter from him, was that the Director-General of Railways agreed that the bridge work for the railway, instead of being placed exclusively with the Tong Shan Iron Works, should be put up to open tender,
the Right Honourable
Sir Edward Grey, Bart., M.P.
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