CO129-331 - Public Offices - 1905 — Page 536

Translation.

C.O.

40473 September 3rd, 1905.

5. 8. XXX14 NOV 05

529

Your Excellency:-

I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt

of Your Excellency's Note respecting the question of

the Canton-Kowloon Railway, and enquiring what offi-

cials would be appointed by the Chinese Government to

enter upon negotiations in regard to the construction

of this line. (Note of August 30th quoted in exten-

so).

In reply I have the honour to observe that

the Preliminary Agreement for a Canton-Kowloon Rail-

way defines its scope as from Canton city to British

Kowloon. The memorandum which Your Excellency gave

this Board describes the line as falling into two sec-

tions, one the Kowloon section, which the Hongkong

Government will construct themselves, and one the Can-

ton section, which the British and Chinese Corporation

is prepared to construct for China under a Loan Agree-

ment an arrangement which is not in accord with the

Sir E. Satov, G.C.M.G.,

&c., &c., &c. .

preliminary

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