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Paraphrase of tagram from Governor Sir M.Nathan to Mr Lyttelton
(Received Colonial office B3.40.p.m.5th April, 1905)
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The American Chinese Development Company appear always to have claimed rights for a railway from Canton to selected point on the coust On 25th March Monsieur Cito of that Company wrote to me that Chinese were pre- paring to build a line to Whampoa which was being sur- veyed by an American called McGee but said that this line was not to connect with that to Hankow.
Other information from Canton is to the effect
that the American Consul says that revelopment Company intend to connect Canton and Whampoa and that Cite is supposed to be negotiating with Gray former chief engineer
of Company.
Am informed that difficulties in making good port at Whampoa great. I am keeping Satow informed.
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