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Sir C. Clementi for guarantees that
they will set aside for the scheme part
of the instalments of the Boxer Indermity
which it is proposed to remit,
especially in view of the difficulties
in connection with the suggested grant
of this Concession, to the Northern
siona
Construction Company which are referred
to in the recent telegraphic corres-
pondence between the Foreign Office and
His Majesty's Minister at Peking ending
with the telegram from the Foreign Office
No.198 of the 10th of May. The
completion of the Canton-Hankow Railway and
its connection by means of a loopline
with the Canton-Kowloon Railway are,
however, matters of considerable importance
to Hong Kong. Mr. Webb would, there-
fore, be glad, if Mr. Henderson sees
no objection, if His Majesty's Minister
might be requested to urge upon the
Chinese Government amada
the
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