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Comm.Bee. Hongkong. Din.Mission.
Coma.Couns.
Longkong.
BRITISH
EMBASSY,
PEKING.
Gigan.
23rd October, 1985.
Canton.
sir,
With reference to Mr. Blunt's deanatch
from the Diplomatic Mission at Nanking No.17% of the 18th October 1984, (a copy of which was
transmitted to you in my despatch No.1480 of the
24th October 1984), enclosing a translation of an
instruction by the Minister of Railways that the
increased revenue derived by the Canton-Kowloon
Railway Adsinistration from the re-distribution
of the receipts from the Chinese and British sections
of the railway should be paid into a special account
and earmarked for the re-payment of the indebtedness
of the railway to the British and Chinese Corpora-
tion, I have the honour to report that I have been
informed by the representative in Chine of the Corpora- tion that a sum of H.K.#66,000 (equivalent to £5,614.
11. .) we remitted to the Commoration's London
account on the 11th September last by the Canton-Aɔv-
loon Railway Administration from the Special Reserve
Account in part payment of the Canton-Kowloon Railway
Sterling Advance of 1928.
2.
This Advance does not appear to have been
/ the
The Right Honourable,
Sir Samuel Hoare, G.C.E.I., 0.8.E., C.M.G.,
etc., ete..
etc.,
PORZION OPTICA.
S.V. 1.