CO129-328 - Governor Nathan - 1905 [1-6] — Page 299

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CONFIDENTIAL.

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Race 3 MAY 05

Goverment House,

Hongkong, 3rd. April, 1905.

Sir,

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With reference to your Confidential Des-

patch of the 2nd. March leaving to my discretion the matter

of annexing an outline specification for the Canton-Kowloon

Railway as a schedule to the Working Agreement for that line,

I have the honour to inform you that the specification as

prepared by the Consulting Engineers to "The British and

Chinese Corporation, Limited" does not appear to me to go so

much more into detail than the provisions of clauses 4, 5 and

6 of the draft Agreement as to make it worth appending it

thereto. The inclusion of a more detailed specification which

could not be satisfactorily draw up until the route of the

Railway has been definitely decided on and surveyed would

involve delay in the negotiations with the Chinese Goverment

which would be undesirable.

I have the honour to be,

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

ALFRED LYTTELTON, K.C., M.P.,

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Sir,

Your most obedient

Humble servant,

Minthian

Governor, ke..