No. 1826 (4/125)
BRITISH LEGATION PEKING.
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sir,
Janton, Hongkong.
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19th December, 1929.
Regulations
I have the honour to report that a
Central Government Mandate dated November 5th
was promulgatad in the Gazette of the following
day directing that the Canton Hankow Railway,
Kuangtung seotion, which was constructed mainly
by private Chinese enterprise, should be nation-
alised, and ordering the Ministry of Railways to
issue a public loan for the redemption within a
fixed time limit of the privately held shares.
A few days later the Gazette (of November 18th)
published the regulations governing the issue of
the new Canton Hankow (Kuangtung Section) railway
redemption bonds. A oopy, in translation, of
these regulations is enclosed herewith.
It will
be noted that the bond issue is limited to
The Right Honourable Arthur Henderson, X.7.,
eta.,
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