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COMMUNICATIONS ON THIS SUBJECT

Printre

TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE

CROWN AGENTS FOR THE OOLONIES, THE ABOVE REFERENCE AND

DATE OF THIS LETTER BEING QUOTED.

CONFIDENTIAL

PRINTED FOR USE

EASTERN

No.

88

COLONIAL

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OFFICE

C 0.

9278

R. 23 MAR 05

WHITEHALL CARDENS,

75

LONDON, S.W.

22nd March

1905

Hong Kong Kowloon-Canton Railway

sir,

to C.E. ar:/05

to C.A.

I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of

Gov your letter of the 24th February, No. 5704/1905, on the sub-

ject of the proposed railway between Kowloon and Canton.

2. Upon the receipt of your letter I at once placed

myself in communication with Sir John Wolfe Barry and in-

quired whether he would be prepared to act as Consulting

Engineer for the work, and having subsequently discussed

the question with him personally, I requested him to furnish

us with an estimate of the cost of the proposed detailed

survey by the two alternative routes.

3. I now beg to enclose for the information of r

Secretary Lyttelton copies of our letter to Sir J. Wolfe

Mar:/05 Barry and Partners and of their replies, from which it will

be seen that they estimate the cost of the proposed survey

at £5,500 and their own fee at £525, making a total probable

cost of £6,025.

to C.A. Mar:/05

enclos:

4. The estimate and the fee appear to us to be reason-

able having regard to the great amount of skill and care

which will be required in laying out the proposed east route,

and we now await the Secretary of State's instructions as

to proceeding.

Under Secretary of State

&C.

80. &C.

Colonial Office.

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5.