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6. It is prema Sure, before I hear from you cohether the Poritish Chinek Corporation with Zutudam tu suppection of surrendving their conception, to matic proprials to the conditions to be embodied in this suggested apraiment betcocen the Vicusy and this Governmend. My qennal loca, howocoer, is that it should provide for this Govoumens supply urip – probably at 5 per cense and on some part of the provincial Uutune as security, any capital requited that cannot be furnished by Chiricos, all the meterial and rolling stocks that they cammor 965 from Chine and all the Enfilcers; hi effeed we should build the Canton sation simultaneously with our own and partly of any rate with money we showd low for the purpose. We should howeous, claim no hold on the he's Exups what might be given by the joint working provisions of this apgreement, which would be much as sheedy propond to ttu Vienay.
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7. It was with some such aprecians in views that in Ucently, oblacing the authority of the Legislature for the raising of Railways Loan, as reported to you in other dispatch of Coen date, ↓ uicludes e sum of £400,000 in Except of the total amount required both to repay advances thes have been hade to this government & tiu howe Aqculs, ui connection weti. Otra redemption of the Cante Hankow Railway, and to provide forta construction. of the Hong Kong section of the Cantor. Kowloor Railway. This & 400 600 together with the $650,000, which an to be repaid by Viceroy Chany This Tams by the 6th of October 1910, should go a long way in the directive of supplying the repital requited for the cantou section of the fanton Koroloon Railway, the Bettish Chuise Corporation's proposal for a loan of £2,000,000 for luie litili son 100 milioia leytt, and presentity "ho enjuicering 'difficultic being, in my opinion, a rediculously, high estimate.
8. I haur communicated my qinal idea, ar ombodied in ben three foregoing parapephs to Sit Orund Satow is explanation
supplementary law to tn Vicusy at buchany, unless by such loan only be complete Exhridion of forcije uiberato in te Cautoc-Sankow railways can be secund. Je
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Your most obedient, humite resand
Mr. Mathian
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