Sir,
Enclosed No. 155 China Association, Hong Kong 12th October, 1904.
I have the honour to request that you will be so good as to lay the following expression of opinion from this Committee before His Excellency the Governor.
On the 18th May last, when you were administering the Government, you considerately received this Committee as a deputation from the China Association to lay their views on the question of the construction of the projected Kowloon-Canton Railway before you. On that occasion you undertook to communicate the proceedings at the interview to the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Colonies and to make known to the Committee his reply, if possible, or the substance of such reply, when received.
When addressing the Council on the day of his arrival in the Colony, His Excellency the Governor announced that he hoped devoutly that during his administration he would see the completion of the railway from Kowloon to the interior, and the colonists naturally concluded that not only was Sir Matthew Nathan strongly in favour of the early prosecution of this important work, but that His Excellency had come out with some definite instructions in connection therewith, subject of course to the conclusion of certain negotiations understood to be then proceeding with the British Chinese Corporation. The Committee therefore resigned themselves to a policy of temporary inaction, waiting with what patience they might for some settlement of certain questions unknown. Five months have, however, slipped by and no
Hon. R. H. Kay, C.M.G., Colonial Secretary.
Sir,
Enclos
no
155
China Association,
Hong Kong 121r. October, 1904.
I have the honour to request that you will
be so good as to lay the following expression of opinion from this Committee before His Excellency the Governor.
Un the 18th. May last, when you were adminis-
tering the Government, you considerately received this Committee
as a deputation from the China Association to lay their views on
the question of the construction of the projected Kowloon-Canton
Hallway before you. On that occasion you undertook to communicate
the proceedings at the interview to the Right Honourable the
Secretary of State for the Colonies and to take known to the
Committee his reply, if possible, or the substance of such reply,
when received.
When addressing the Council on the day of his
arrival in the Colony, His Excellency the Governor announced that
he hoped devoutly that during his administration he would see the
completion of the hallway from Kowloon to the interior, and the
colonists naturally concluded that not only was Sir Matthew Nathan
strongly in favour of the early prosecution of this important
work, but that His Excellency had come out with some definite
instructions in connection therewith, subject of course to the
conclusion of certain negotiations understood to be then proceed-
ing with the British Chinese Corporation. The Committee therefore
resigned themselves to a policy of temporary inaction, waiting
with what patience they might ve for some settlement of certain
questions unknown. Five months have, however, sipped by and no
Hon. k. H. Kay, C.M.G.,
Colonial Secretary.
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