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Railway redemption loas referred to in paragraph 5 of the Scenes Dcopatch of th 6 October. Secondly I wanted to be able to advance money to the Viceroy of Cantos to stand his Suction of tin Canton Kowloos luic, u the Event of Eix Ernand Satow failing to ach effect given to the 1899 agrument with the British ¿Chikuse Corporation and of that Corporation Surrendering their concfsion under the conditions suggested in
3778) parepaph 6 of my Seered dispatch of the 12° Sypdember 1905.
6. On lin afternson of Thursday the 12th instant explained stapurate meeting corte the unofficial members of the Legislative Counal the bil I had drafted and suggested to them the advisability of it being paped with and disenfuru, To this they agreed, and et a public meeting of the Legislative Counul on the following day, certain standing orders having been suspended the bits passed fow whanumoudly a first, second and third time and became law as Ordiniame
-No 11 of 1905 initur a quarter of an hour of its cytroduction.!!
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9. In the meantime M'Frasu had rekomed to Kankow and in a tišin of the 12th mist (CX1) had given a farther Explanation of the supplemendary loans requited by the Vicuoy of the Shi Kuang Piovrices whill now almund to £450,000 9. I was not anxious, if it could possibly be avoided, to uncresor Utu (ahoma's liabilitiw in connection with the Canton Hautios lie, whill conterusus much less then the Cautou- Kowloon buil, and as the Consul General/ Peligram indicaho thu posibility of the British & Chuices Corporalican, who I undnotand raise the money for the constructions of the rescenced lie, also lending the money for the completion of the redemption of terms could be telegraphed to you on the 18th (X) sugguoting this the Corporation, shoudbe
arranged. induced to lown their terms so that they should be less than the Viceroy could aus from any faciqh soures, adding that of this could not be done and Eis Erned Saboro, (who is in a better position than som to ascertaus the
4: necepites for and furiality of a further loan) advised this Government supplementing the loan. they have already made, I should be peepared to do this. Juiformed H.BMMuista ab Dikung «HBP Consul gruent ad Hankow (XIX CXR) what I had held
you. The necpity for o further loan is bang mobligato by Sir Guns Sabres Mit Fraser (XVT = (XVII) and the latior appears from his Fchgram the 16th misdans (XVII), which is only imperfectly understood ↳ ME, to be cudcavouring to induce the British & Chute Corporation, thewards their local aques, to make this further loan.
10. Ja another dopatch of loch dat Halin's wili, negotiations for
the completion of a loan agreement and joint working apcemand wat in Connection with Cin Canton Kowloon Railway, I am explaining to you how I should propous to uns the balance of the ₤2,000,000 which I am authorised to raist by Ordinans No 11 of 1905 in the coins of that balance not being required for a supplemendary loan in connection with the redemption of the Caube Hankow Pailway.
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Your most obediens, humble suro and
Mnathan
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