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We have so far had no occasion to address you
separately in this matter, as the preliminaries which must
precede the active negotiations are still unsettled. You will
however have received through our Head Office in Hongkong copies
of the reports of progress which ve have addressed to these
friends and to the Governor of Kongkong.
When passing through Hongkong, Ir. Ross hud un
interview with Mir Matthew Tathan and learnt His Excellency's
wishes in connection with the Working Aprocmont, which are
briefly, that no alteration is to be made in its termo except
subject to his consent, and that reports of progress are from
time to time to be sent to him direct.
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On arriving in Poking, we found that the British
Minister had received advices from the Foreign Office as
referred to in Colonial Office letter addressed to your
Chairman dated the 17th. February and we were informed that as
soon as His Excellency had thoroughly mustered the de tulls of
At the proposed Agreements, he would approach the Wai Wu Pu.
His Excellency's request we prepared for his reference, brief
summaries of the more important points of the Loan and Working
Agreements, copies of which we beg to enclose.
on the 26th. April Sir Ernest Sutow laid . brief out-
line of the proposals of the Corporation and the Hongkong Government bofore la Tung, an Official of the Wai Wu Pu and
this is now being considered by that august Board.
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