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Enclosure in
Sir J. Jordan's No. 281. of July 3, 181.
Vai Chino Pu to H.M. Minister.
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Juno 26, 1912.
On receipt of the Memorandum of June 16th, 1912, from. Minister
compensation for
on the subject of losses owing to suspension of traffic on the Canton-Kowloon Railway, the ai Chiao Fu addressed the Linistry of Comamications, from whom the following reply has now been
received:-
"The original sun claimed by the Governor of Hongkong in this matter was Seven thousand, four hundred and eighty-two dollars and fifty cents.
"According to the computation arrived at by the Canton-Kow- loon Railway Office after investigation of the circumstances and embodied in their reply to the Einistry of Communications, com- 15.90 pensation to the amount of Eight hundred and fifteen doll rs and ninety cents only can be paid for losses owing to the suspension
of traffic.
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5,971.50
"The matter was still under consideration when we received our further communication reporting the receipt of a Memorandum from Sir John Jordan stating that a despatch had reached him cor- recting the Hongkong Government's claim for compensation, by a reduction of Five hundred and eleven dollars, to the total of Six
thousand, nine hundred and seventy-one dollars and fifty cents.
added a request for prompt consideration and reply.
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"In spite of this reduction of the amount claimed by the corernor of Hongkong, there is still a lare discrepancy between that amount and the calculations forwarded in the reply from the Canton-Kowloon Railway Office. In response to your request to examine the claim, we have drawn up a sexparte Statement of Calcu-
in reply lation which we request you to forward to the British Minister at
Peking.
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The ai Chiao Fu have the honour to enclose a copy of the Statemen of Calculation as received for the information of His Majesty' Minister and for the favour of transmission to the Governorf Hongkong.
(signed) Yen Hui-ch' ing.