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18 October 1909
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Vn continuation of my despatch of the 6th of October last on the sub-flekt of negotiations for the completion of a loan agreement and of a joint working + 39268 agreement in councetion with the proposed cantor Kowloon Railway & repel
to have while little progress to report.
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2. You will have doubtlip trceived from, bin Doreign Offiu a copy of the despatel which Eiv Besut Salow addryped to the Sacridacy of State for Porcig so Affairs
on Chu 5thuistand, Enderung notio of conversation, he had with Juice Ch'ing on the 28th September, in which Itis Stighness visioned on the enipofcibility of Au wai wu du cocran; the Viceroy regardless of his own opmion or the feeling of the Cantonest.
3. In the meantime the Canton nuospapiro continue to proclaim the Viceroy viccs as to the importance and urgency of the railway and the equal ini per Sance the Chinese coushucksig it with their own money.
4. Ih the course of a conscroction. I had groberday with bun Taotai, tu Viceroy' Sendary, who was in Hong Kong on vonus Exhadilios busuicps, tu was buy Emphalic with regard to the Vicuoe's ducive to push thane Sti's Exclung, had telegraphed to Chary Chin Hsun how u In Shails,
or the railway and stated Settements to Ensure surveyors, ↓ pouited out that it was wol possible for His Majesty's Goovinment to iquor, as apparently the Vicusy did, the pretimeriary agreement of March 1899 with the British Churies Corporation, a
the Viceroy disliked the apreement his bed course could be ti negoliate with the Corporation for its modification. I also sugquoted that the suracy of the Canton Suction of the line would probably, be mors Expeditiously, es conocnically done by the Enguisers they had virotyed the Hongkong Scation than by new mas Selceked by this Exclung Chang Chin Asun, with regard to the jouit working Agramus Mk locu saw this the Vicusy appreciate the nccepity for such an agreemens when the Construction of ttu two sutious was completed.
5. J 'an becoming more < more convisited that our bus chanu #f Getting the Canton section of the Canton Kocalosc Railway completed at the same time as the Hongkong salin. is finished and of getiri, the subsquens joind working of the two sutions sitter ly surrender by the British « Chuices Corporation of their concpion of the following a salio faełng opament wil be by the conditious: -
lit Oud of pocket Expenses to be repaid to the Corporation by Chuia, and
(II) An agreement to be concluded between the Viceroy of the boo Kinang + this governed of Houghong fu thi completion of the boo sactions by o specified date for their subsequens found working.
I am also convuiced that Au Chuncu will not, howcoon much they talk now about it, be able to raise thu neapary funds for the coustuudion of their section The Right tion
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