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THE BRITISH AND CHINESE CORPORATION, LIMITED,
561
3. Lombard Street, London; 2.0.
Telegraphic Address:
MERIST, LONDON"
COEY.
Sir Eldon Gorst, K.C.B.
sir,
Foreign Office,
S. W.
May 18th. 1905.
We beg leave to acknowledge the receipt of your letter
of the 16th. instant with reference to the Canton Kowloon
Railway negotiations and enquiring by direction of the Marquess
of Lansdowne whether we can furnish him with information as to
the instructions which have been given to Mr. Ross and whether
we are aware if he has yet taken any steps to carry them into
effect.
In reply we beg to state that the provisions and scope
of the draft Agreements to be negotiated with the Chinese were
explained to Mr. Ross before he left London and he was instruct-
ed on his arrival in Hongkong to put himself in communication
and consult with the Governor of Hongkong and ascertain that
his intended procedure met with the approval of His Excellency.
Mr. Ross arrived in Hongkong on the 24th. March and
on the 27th. March we received the following telegram from
Mesors. Jardine, Matheson & Co., Hongkong:-
"Interview with Governor of Hongkong satisfactory.
"C.H. Ross leaves on the 29th. March from Hongkong to
"Shanghai, thence to Peking."
In their letter confirming the telegram Messrs.
Jardine, Matheson & Co. stated:-
"At the interview above referred to, it was arranged that
"Mr. Ross should proceed as soon as possible to Shanghai and
"endeavour with the assistance of the Agents of the
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