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Binutes
sir.
Rro 14 SEP I
8 SEP 19
August 16, 1911.
with reference to my Despatch No. 271 of
the 4th, ultimo I have the honour to report on the
July 27,1911. further progress of the negotiations undertaken by me
Linutes August 3,1911.
with the Ministry of Communications with a view to
assisting the conclusion of a working Agreement for the Canton Kowloon Railway.
As a result of the interview with Lord Li
reported in my Jespatch above referred to, I telegraphed
briefly to the Governor of Hongkong on the 29th. of
June informing him that in the opinion of the Ministry
the only real difficulty lay in the division of profita
and adding that a compromise between the 40% share
claimed by the British section of the Railway and the
25. share offered by the Chinese section would evident-
THE RIGHT HONDURABLE
ly
SIK EDWAIO GREY, BART.,
P..
eto. etc.
etc.