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Sir,

C.

30730 160

China Association,

Hongkong, 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 have for some settlement of certain questions unknown. Five months have, however, slipped by and no

Hon. F. B. May, C.M.G.,

Colonial Secretary.

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COFY Sir, C. 30730 160 China Association, Hongkong, 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 have for some settlement of certain questions unknown. Five months have, however, slipped by and no Hon. F. B. May, C.M.G., Colonial Secretary.
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COFY Sir, C. 30730 160 China Association, Hongkong, 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 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 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 proceed- ing with the British Chinese Corporation. The Committee therefore resigned themselves to a policy of temporary inaction, waiting with what patience they might have for some settlerent of certain questions unknown. Five months have, however, slipped by and no Hon. F. B. May, C.M.G.. Colonial Secretary. sign.
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COFY

Sir,

C.

30730 160

China Association,

Hongkong, 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 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

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 proceed-

ing with the British Chinese Corporation. The Committee therefore

resigned themselves to a policy of temporary inaction, waiting

with what patience they might have for some settlerent of certain

questions unknown. Five months have, however, slipped by and no

Hon. F. B. May, C.M.G..

Colonial Secretary.

sign.

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