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No. 168.

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I addressed a Note to the Wai Wu Pu on the 30th

ultimo requesting them to appoint an official to

negotiate the final agreements for a railway between

Canton and the British leased territory of Kowloon,

and the construction and working on joint account

of the section from the boundary to the harbour of

Hongkong.

On the 3rd instant I received an answer in writ-

ing to the effect: 1. that the preliminary agree-

ment being for a line from Canton to British Kowloon,

my proposals of April 26th are not in accordance

therewith; 2. the capitalists and notables of the

province according to a report received from the

Viceroy, propose to raise funds with which to build

the Chinese section for themselves, and His Majes-

ty's Consul General at Canton has been informed of

this; it is not necessary therefore that a loan for

this purpose should be raised on behalf of China

by the British and Chinese Corporation, and in the

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