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with reference to this part of my Sccred despatch of the SepSamber last, which dealt with negotiations for the completion of a agreement and a jout working agreement in connection with the proposco Canton Kowloon Railway & repet to have little progrefs to repark.
1. You will Louthep have teceived from Itu Porciqa Office a copy of the despatch which Sit Guard Sitow addrepo lò the Secridary of Stati for Forcise Affairs on the 21°uth, svcrung copico o&f a letin which Prince Ch'ing again Exprefied the draits of the Chinese to raise funds. 4 Chemo clves undertake the Clucirese scation of the line and of Er Guest's reply again uncistung on the terms and conditions of the prehimuiary agreement of March 28th 1899 buig faithfully carries out.
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3. The attitude of the Chinese wil be made clearu to by the Exhait I Enclose from the i/ens of The Hongkong Daily Prefs of
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a letter from the newspapers Canton correspondent dated thu f'October, and purports to give translation of a despatch from the Viceroy at Canton to Cheong Pat Si alia. Chang Chin Asun (ui Cantoncos - Cheung Chan Jau) Director Jeancel of Agriculture Industry Railways & Mines in the Kisang Tung Kwang-Si and To Kich Provuiccs. This despatch had previously appeared in one
the Chinex Newspapers of this Colony and I have no reason to doubt ib genuineness. It shows that the Chinese recoquize that the railway mund how be cowhucted but they count to do it with funds raised by thomsslow, to make their own arrangements for the construction of the live and to keep all property in it in their own hands.
4. This altitude gives fores to the suggestion contained in the 6th parapaph of my despatch to you of the 22nd September on which Suggestion I hope you have seen fit to act.
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'may mention that in a conversation with Sit Paul Chater 1. C.M.q. M.L.C. this morning in the course of which reference was nist to the Canton letter in "The Hong Kong Daily Prefs" he suggested of his own accord that the construction tu Chiese section of th Tailway might be facilitated if the British & Chunese Corporation abandoned their concession and thought it not unlikedly this they would be pupared to Eur: on repaymend of oud of pocked Expenses The Right Shou
Alfred/ytelton M.P. KC
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