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FOREIGN OFFICE,

February 25th, 1905.

I am directed by the Marquess of Lansdowne to

MO acknowledge the receipt of your letter 4889/1905 of

the 17th instant, forwarding copies of correspond-

ence with the British and Chinese Corporation on the

subject of the proposed railway from Canton to Kow-

loon.

Copies of your letter and of the enclosures

have been forwarded to His Majesty's Minister at

Peking, with the request that he will comply with

the wishes expressed in the fourth paragraph of that

letter and that he will render all the assistance

which he properly can to Mr. Charles Ross in his ne-

gotiations with the Chinese Government.

Lord Lansdowne concurs in the view of the Sec-

retary of State for the Colonies that it will be use-

ful to Sir E. Satow to peruse the official and un-

he Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.

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