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Enclosure 11 in Ses J. Jordan's
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No. 86 of
Peking,
20, 1912.
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12 MAR 1912
February
AD
I have the honour to aɖignowledge the
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receipt of Your Excellency's despatch of the 27th of
December enclosing copy of a communication which you
had addressed to lie Majesty's Consul-General at
to be Canton on the subject of a claim made by the Hong-
kong Government against the Chinese Authorities for
the suspension of traffic on the Canton-Kolucon
railway during from the 7th. of liovember to the 13th
of Becamber.
I have deferred answering Your Ixoollen-
cy's despatch until I had an opportunity of consul-
ting Mr. Alaton, Councillor of this Legation, whose
opinion on the question had been asked by His Lajos-
ty'a Consul-General at Canton.
After dus consideration, I have come to
the conclusion that the claim should be presented to
His Excellency
Sir F. D. Lugard, 0.0.M.G., C.B., D.5.0..
the
etc.
sto.
etc..
HONGKONG.