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the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, and, by direction of the Secretary of State, transmits herewith copy of the under-mentioned paper.

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3. I would suggest that the Governor should be requested to forward any larger scale plans which may exist of Hunghom Bay for the information of the Consulting Engineers.

Foreign Office,

May 31, 1906.

REFERENCE TO PREVIOUS LETTER.

I have, &c.,

E. E. BLAKE.

Colonial Office, 16015, of May 24 [? 23rd], 1906.*

DESCRIPTION OF ENCLOSURE.

Name and Data.

Subject.

Mr. Carnegie, decypher of telegram, No. 116, May Canton-Kowloon and Soochow-Ningpo Railway

30, 1906.

(Confidential.) (No. 116.)

Negotiations.

Enclosure in No. 253.

Mr. CARNEGIE to Sir EDWARD GREY. (Received 5.15 p.m., May 30.)

Peking, May 30, 1906, 7 p.m. My telegram, No. 100 [of 14th May: Canton-Kowloon Railway]. At Wai-wu Pu yesterday I again pressed for appointment of negotiator. Tang said that, in Prince Ch'ing's view, the two railways must be negotiated separately, and that Canton-Kowloon line should be taken first, as it offers less local difficulty. He promised to ask Prince to appoint negotiator.

Suchow line. I was shown an obstructive and uncompromising telegram, just arrived from the Chekiang Railway Board, as a specimen of the communications daily received by the Wai-wu Pu, and I was begged to represent to His Majesty's Government the difficult position in which Wai-wu Pu is placed by the strong popular feeling in the province. I replied that we must expect Chinese Government to secure fulfilment of agreements in spite of local agitations. Tang said he would consult Prince Ch'ing again and see what could be done.

GENTLEMEN,

Enclosure 1 in No. 254.

Sir JOHN WOLFE BARRY AND PARTNERS to CROWN AGENTS.

21, Delahay Street, Westminster, S. W., May 25, 1906. Kowloon-Canton Railway.-British Section.

IN further reply to your letter, E. 261/3, dated 28th February, and with reference to your letter of the 23rd instant, we have refrained from answering until we had had an opportunity of consulting Mr. Bruce, as suggested by His Excellency the Governor of Hong Kong.

After having carefully considered the matter:-

(1) We fully concur with the opinion that the most suitable place for the terminus of the railway will be on land reclaimed from Hunghom Bay.

(2) For the purpose of the railway we would recommend that the reclamation for the preliminary scheme should be brought a further 200 feet in a southerly direction.

(3) We note that in the reclamation for the preliminary scheme it is proposed to provide a timber pier for the landing of passengers and as a pro- tection for small native craft. We are of opinion, however, that it should be carefully considered from larger scale charts than are at our disposal, whether it would not be advisable that this pier should be either lengthened or otherwise altered in design so as to give rather more protection than is apparently afforded.

(4) We are of opinion that the finished scheme, in view of the fact that so large a sum of money will have to be expended, will require a most careful and detailed consideration not only with regard to the method of construction, but also to the way in which the works should be laid out.

This consideration we have been, and are now, giving, and will accordingly report fully on that matter in due course.

We are, &c.,

(For Sir John Wolfe Barry and Partners),

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J. WOLFE Barry.

SIR,

No. 254.

CROWN AGENTS to COLONIAL OFFICE.

(Received June 2, 1906.)

Whitehall Gardens, London, S.W., June 1, 1906.

Kowloon-Canton Railway-Kowloon Terminus.

I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 22nd February, No. 4861/1906,† enclosing a copy of a despatch from the Governor of Hong Kong with regard to the reclamation required for the Kowloon terminus of the railway.

2. We forwarded a copy of your letter and its enclosures to the Consulting Engineers, and I enclose, for the information of the Earl of Elgin, copies of two letters which we have received from them on the subject.

GENTLEMEN,

Enclosure 2 in No. 254.

Sir JOHN Wolfe Barry and Partners to Crown AgenTS.

Kowloon-Canton Railway. British Section.

May 25, 1906.

We should be obliged if you would ascertain whether the important and useful survey of Hunghom Bay on the plans sent with your letter, E./261/3, of 28th February, showing the proposed reclamation at Kowloon, has been plotted on a larger scale than on these plans, and if so, whether you would obtain a copy for us.

We are, &c., (For Sir John Wolfe Barry and Partners).

J. WOLFE Barry.

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No. 255.

FOREIGN OFFICE to COLONIAL OFFICE.

(Received June 9, 1906.)

The Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs presents his compliments to To Mr. Carnegie, Peking, No. 112, June 8, the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, and, with reference to the letter from this Office of May 31st (confidential),* is directed by the Secretary of State to transmit the accompanying copy of a telegram, as marked in the margin.

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