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Subject.

Page.

Serial No.

From or to whom,

Despatch No., to.

Date

1906.

-

Bubject.

Pago.

263

Foreign Office

269

Ditto

1906.

July 17

278

Replies to above, and refers to the 410

correspondence with Mr. Carnegie în No. 266.

Governor

Nathan.

Sir

M.

Secret

July 19

410

Forwards copy of a telegram from Mr. Carnegie stating that the Viceroy of Canton has been informed that the Canton-Kowloon Railway will be negotiated by the Wai Wa Pa, and that representatives from Canton and the British and Chinese Corporation will be sent to Peking.

270

Governor

Nathan.

Sir M.

162.

June 201 (Rec. July 28.)

Transmita, with remarks, copy of a letter | 411

from "The London and Tokyo Syn- dicate, Limited," to the "British Consul, Kowlung," asking for assist- ance in securing the business of financing the Chinese section of the Canton-Kowloon Railway.

271

Ditto

Secret

June 30 (Rec. July 30.)

July 12 (Rec. Aug. 13.)

Transmits copy of further telegraphic | 412

correspondence, and copy of a des- patch from His Majesty's Chargé l'Affaires at Peking; regrets that he is not able to report any progress.

Transmits translations of newspaper articles on the subject of the project to connect Canton with Whampoa by a railway.

272

Ditte

Secret

279

Ditto

July 27 |(Rec. Aug. 28.)

Transmits copy of a letter to the Con- sul-General at Canton relative to the reported proposed appointment of a Belgian engineer to superintend the Canton-Hankow railway; observes that while this appointment can hardly be regarded as a violation of a promise, it can be stigmatised as an unfriendly act.

428

Telegram (Rec. Ang. 28.) Repeats telegram to His Majesty's 430

Chargé d'Affaires reporting refusal of the Viceroy to negotiate a working agreement for the Canton-Kowloon Railway pending result of the Peking negotiations, and making suggestions as to the form of the loan agreement.

Encloses press extracts and copy of a 430

private letter from the Consul-Gene- ral, Canton, showing that the pro- posed engagement of a Belgian engineer to superiutend the construc- tion of the Canton-Hankow Railway has been abandoned, at any rate for the present.

280

Ditto

Secret

281

Ditto

Secret

413

273

Ditto

Secret

July 13 |(Rec. Aug. 13.)

Transmite copies of further telegraphic | 414

correspondence on the anbject of the negotiations for a loan agreement for the Canton-Kowloon Railway,

282

Ditto

Bearet

274

Foreign Office

Angust 16

415

275

Governor

Nathan.

Bir M.

Conli- July 20 dential. (Rec. Aug. 24.)

Forwards copy of a despatch from His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at Peking, forwarding a copy of the Viceroy of Wuchang's defence of his policy in regard to the Hankow-Canton Rail- way resumption loan and proposed construction loau.

States, with reference to No. 256, that no plans of Hung Hom Bay on a larger scale than those already sub- mitted were made; reports that it is proposed to continue the reclamation scheme for a further 1,200 feet, and suggests that Sir John Wolfe Barry and partners should be informed that it is not necessary to consider the complete scheme at the present time beyond the question of station-yard acconimodation,

424

283

Ditto

August 3 (Rec. Sept. 10.)

August 9 (Rec. Sept. 10.)|

August 10 (Rec. Sept. 10.)

Transmita copy of a private letter from the Consul General at Canton, ex- pressing the opinion that the Chinese project for connecting Whampoa with Canton is likely to be dropped altogether.

431

Transmits paraphrase of further tele- | 432

graphic correspondence with His Majesty's representative at Peking; considers that there is no justification for dissociating the negotiations for the two agreements, and requests information as to the working arrange- ments of other inter-State railways.

Telegram (Rec. Sept. 11.) Expresses dissatisfaction at the progress made with the construction of the railway since April 1, and enquires whether inspection will be made by the Consulting Engineers this year.

284

Foreign Office

Confi- dential

September 12

276

Ditto

Secret

July 26 (Rec. Aug. 28.)

Forwards copy of a telegram from His 425

Majesty's representative at Peking relative to the negotiations for the Canton-Kowloon Railway, and reporta conversation with the Viceroy's Bec- retáry on the subject of the loan agreement.

285

To Crown Agente...

September 13

277

Ditto

Secret

July 27 (Roc. Ang. 28.)

Transmits copy of correspondence with His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires, Pok- ing, on the subject of the project to son- nect Whampoa with Canton,

286

Crown Agents

September 17

425

Sends copy of a telegram from Mr. Carnegie, Peking, reporting a hitch in Mr. Bland's negotiations regarding the Canton-Kowloon Railway on the questions of the price of the loan iano and the amount of commission on material bought, and recommending that Mr. Bland should be instructed to exercise patience.

435

435

Transmita copy of No. 283, and requests 436

that enquiry may be made of the Consulting Engineers as to whether an inspection will be possible this year.

Encloses copy of a letter and statement from the Consulting Engineers show- ing a saving of 1806 15s. 7d. on the estimated cost of survey in connec tion with the Canton-Kowloon Rui- way, and reports uction taken.

436

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