CO129-329 - Governor Nathan - 1905 [7-12] — Page 219

Copy of Travolation.

Enclosure 574 Secret Despatele of 26/8/15 Despatch from the Director General of 216 Chinese Railways to the Viceroy of the two Kwang

with Railway.

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to the Cautom

Kowloon

Your Excellency,

31. December 1898.

Sept

lou the gis becauber 1898, I

received the following communication pour the Isungli youru.

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Con the 11

and 15

betober 1898

we reeciord your telegram with regard to the objection's raised locally to the Construction of the Canton Kowloon Railway,

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and suggrating that we might ack Britial Minister to abandon the enterprise. Copies of these Celegrams were subruitted to this majesty, auch

we had the honour is receive the following Jenpence. Edict.

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Regarding the

спи

the 16

Cauton Kowloon Railway, it has barn agreed between the Yamen and the British minister that Shing Itsuan- Guai and the British merchants should draw up Regulations, and so the enterprise Cannot be abandoned. ive hereby Corsmand

J'au Chung-in-

to depute officers to work

after the surory of the route, and to earnestly exhort the people not to raise

pretexte