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sir à. Lempson.
no
Telegra
Mr. iveling's talegrem No. 107 (of
July 14th; Boler Indewan 1 ty ).
If the Chinese Government are determined
Cypher
to devote the sover indemnity funds to the
completion of the Canton Bankow rai way the
question of assurances se to where the orders
are to be placed would become largely seademic.
2.
I hope shortly to send you a despatok
explaining that the lukuang Agreesent of 1911
is still binding on both parties.
Consequently
if Boxer indeunity funda are used to aemplate
the railway the Chiness are bound by rticle
XVIII to employ the British and Chinese Cer-
poration as their agent for the purchase of
materials, and the British and Chinese Cof-
paration are equally bound to call for teniars
in the open market. iar. Choy states that
the Chinese Goverment intend to observe the
lukuang agreement but that being so it would