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No. 10.

HIGH COMMISSIONER SIR C. B. H. MITCHELL to MR. CHAMBERLAIN. (Received April 3, 1899.)

(Federated Malay States. No. 55.)

Government House, Singapore, March 8, 1899.

I HAVE the honour to forward a letter, with enclosure, from the Resident-General, shewing the expenditure incurred and estimated for railway extensions in the Federated Malay States. The photographs and sketch map are also forwarded by this mail.

Enclosure in No. 10.

I have, &c.,

C. B. H. MITCHELI..

RESIDENT-GENERAL to the HIGH COMMISSIOKER.

(Perak, 3235/98.)

SIR,

Resident-General's Office, Selangor, Malay Peninsula, March 2, 1899.

I HAVE the honour to enclose, for the information of Your Excellency and the Right Honourable the Secretary of State, a return shewing the expenditure incurred and estimated for the railway extensions now in progress. The return, as regards the future, is only approximate, but it has taken a great deal of trouble to prepare, and is a useful guide.

2. I forward also a map shewing the state of railway work in August last, together with some progress photographs of the Perak River railway bridge.

I shall be obliged if Your Excellency will allow these enclosures to be forwarded to the Secretary of State.

His Excellency the High Commissioner,

Federated Malay States.

I have, &c.,

F. A. SWETTENHAM,

Resident-General, F.M.S.

• Not reproduced.

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