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in upei and Hunan,
Only ten days will probably be necessar, for them to
come to terms and the train journey both ways also does
not take more than ten days or so.
I have already kriva. at an understanding with
Hie Excellency Ch'en Ku'ei-lung, Viceroy of Hukuang, and
His Excellency Taeng Ch'un-min, Governor of Hunan, and
have the honour to present thin Memorial and pray for the
Imperial sanction to my proposals, on receiving which
I will at once telegraph to the Viceroy and Governor to
instruct ao Ling-wei to come to Peking, besides giving
the necessary instructions to the Hupei General Railway
Office and the llunen Prilway Company.
When the method of raising the loan shell have been
settled it will e made the subject of a separate
Memorial.
A careful Report.
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