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20 JAN II
Sir John Wolfe Barry & Partners to Crown Agents.
Dartmouth House.
2 Queen Anne's Gate
Westminster, S.W.
9th January 1911
Kowloon Canton Railway British Section.
Gentlemen,
Referring to our recent interviews with regard to
the proposal that we should continue our connection with
the Kowloon-Canton Railway British Section as Consulting
Engineers, we beg to say.. that we should have much pleasure
in accepting the position and we submit the following
suggestions as a tentative arrangement for our remunera-
tion.-
(a) A retaining fee of £200 per annum (to be paid in
advance) which fee would cover our personal services
rendered in interviews with yourselves and the preparation
of reports on such matters as you may refer to us. The
fee would also cover incidental clerical assistance unless
any investigations, plans or estimates are required in
which case we should be repaid our out of pockets for
assistants' time, office and incidental expenses.
(b) A commission of one per cent on the cost of any indents
on which we may be called upon to advise you or to prepare
designs and specifications for and, in addition to the
commission, repayment of our out of pockets for
assistants' time, office and incidental expenses.
(c) A fee of £5. 5. 0 per man for assistance and advice
in the selection of candidates for posts on the permanent
staff of the Railway the fee to include all our expenses
in connection with such advice etc. In the case of men
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