CG-547
[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]
(CHINA RAILWAYS.
CONFIDENTIAL.
[23710]
(No. 134.)
No. 1,
Received ... 23 F 08 [July 9.]
SECTION 1.
Sir J. Jordan to Sir Edward Grey.--(Received July 9.)
(Telegraphic.) P.
SHANGHAE-NINGPO Railway.
Peking, July 9, 1908.
On the receipt of your telegram No. 101 of the 4th instant, I approached the Wai-wu Pu and the Board of Communications regarding the appointment of an engineer on the Shanghae-Ningpo Railway.
Mr. Foord, I was told, had been chosen for the post, but it was thought better to await the appointment of a Managing Director before placing the engineer in the discharge of his duties. They are experiencing considerable difficulty in securing any one to fill the post of a Director, but they hope to proceed to the appointment not later than the 20th of this month.
[1841 i-1]