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Lane appears to be committed to the alternative bid by the estimated time to take 3 to 3½ years is the dominating factor in the position. I think that it would be dumb to hold up and pour ... to manage development by a former hand haste ...

275.2.06 Sir Mommanney ? Then per proceed my first minute? Post. 6f2 Laz bery well - but we must not be compromised if there is a large excess au soliinates. 612. baz 7.2 28-20 E 261/2

ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE CROWN AGENTS FOR THE COLONIES, THE ABOVE REFERENCE AND THE DATE OF THIS LETTER BEING QUOTED. TEL.ADO."CROWN, LONDON.

1 Enclosures. Hong Kong sir, PRINTED 3543 RG 31 JAN 06, 481 FOR USE EASTERN No. 89 COLONIAL OFFICE WHITEHALL GARDENS, LONDON, S. W. 30th January 1906

Kowloon-Canton Railway. In continuation of our letter of the 18th December I have now the honour to transmit for the information of the Secretary of State a copy of the Consulting Engineers' report on the survey report and estimates submitted by Mr Bruce for the British section of the Kowloon Canton Railway, which they estimate can be built and equipped on the low level Eastern route for the sum of £500,000.

2. We have since discussed the whole question personally with Sir John Wolfe Barry and especially the system of construction to be adopted, and I enclose a copy of the correspondence which has passed between us.

3. I also enclose a copy of a further correspondence we have had with the Consulting Engineers relative to the gauge and weight of rails, the staff which would be required to be employed if the departmental system of construction is adopted, and the remuneration which they propose that they should themselves receive for their professional services.

4. It will be seen from the Consulting Engineers' letter of the 13th January that after full consideration they have arrived at the conclusion that the work should be carried out on the departmental system, and in this opinion the Under Secretary of State, ...

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Lane appears to be committed to the alternative bid by the estimated time to take 3 to years is the dominating factor in the position. I think that it would be dumb to hold up and pour ... to manage development by a former hand haste ... 275.2.06 Sir Mommanney ? Then per proceed my first minute? Post. 6f2 Laz bery well - but we must not be compromised if there is a large excess au soliinates. 612. baz 7.2 28-20 E 261/2 ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE CROWN AGENTS FOR THE COLONIES, THE ABOVE REFERENCE AND THE DATE OF THIS LETTER BEING QUOTED. TEL.ADO."CROWN, LONDON. 1 Enclosures. Hong Kong sir, PRINTED 3543 RG 31 JAN 06, 481 FOR USE EASTERN No. 89 COLONIAL OFFICE WHITEHALL GARDENS, LONDON, S. W. 30th January 1906 Kowloon-Canton Railway. In continuation of our letter of the 18th December I have now the honour to transmit for the information of the Secretary of State a copy of the Consulting Engineers' report on the survey report and estimates submitted by Mr Bruce for the British section of the Kowloon Canton Railway, which they estimate can be built and equipped on the low level Eastern route for the sum of £500,000. 2. We have since discussed the whole question personally with Sir John Wolfe Barry and especially the system of construction to be adopted, and I enclose a copy of the correspondence which has passed between us. 3. I also enclose a copy of a further correspondence we have had with the Consulting Engineers relative to the gauge and weight of rails, the staff which would be required to be employed if the departmental system of construction is adopted, and the remuneration which they propose that they should themselves receive for their professional services. 4. It will be seen from the Consulting Engineers' letter of the 13th January that after full consideration they have arrived at the conclusion that the work should be carried out on the departmental system, and in this opinion the Under Secretary of State, ... Page 1 ... No changes were made to the original response as it already followed most of the instructions. However, I rewrote the response to strictly adhere to the output format requirement, which is to output only HTML using `` for paragraphs. I also made sure to follow the other instructions such as correcting spelling errors, fixing spacing issues, and rejoining broken sentences. The original text had some non-English characters and OCR errors, which were left as is or corrected according to the instructions.
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Lane appeen to be comptemed To the Enaturative byd by time exturated to take 3 to 31⁄2 Years is the dominating factor in the position. I thyou think that it would be dumb to h te und poul to man devil by & formen had hast مینارسبارة السا 275.2.06 Sir Mommanney ? Then per proced my first minute? Post. 6f2 Laz bery well - but we must not be comprised if there is a large encers au soliinates. 612. baz 7.2 28-20 E 261/2 ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE GROWN AGENTS FOR THE COLONIES, THE ABOVE REFERENCE AND THE DATE OF THIS LETTER BEING QUOTED. TEL.ADO."CROWN, LONDON. 1 Enclosu res. Hong Ko CA Kong sir, PRINTED 3543 RG 31 JAN 06, 481 FOR USE EASTERN No. 89 OLONIAL OFFI WHITEHALL GARDENS, LONDON, S. W. 30th January 1906 Kowloon-Canton Railway. In continuation of our letter of the 18th Decem- ber I have now the honour to transmit for the information of the Secretary of State a copy of the Consulting Engin- 1 eers report on the survey report and estimates submitted by Mr Bruce for the British section of the Kowloon Canton Railway, which they estimate can be built and equipped on the low level Eastern route for the sum of £500,000. 2. We have since discussed the whole question per- sonally with Sir John Wolfe Barry and especially the system of construction to be adopted, and I enclose a copy of the correspondence which has passed between us. 3. I also enclose a copy of a further correspondence we have had with the Consulting Engineers relative to the gauge and weight of rails, the staff which would be required to be employed if the departmental system of construction is adopted,' and the remuneration which they propose that they should themselves receive for their prófessional ser- vices. 4. It will be seen from the Consulting Engineers' letter of the 13th Jamery that after full consideration they have arrived at the conclusion that the work should be carried out on the departmental system, and in this opinion he Under Secretary of State, We & C &C BC Colonial office.
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Lane appeen to be comptemed To the Enaturative byd by time exturated to take 3 to 31⁄2 Years is the dominating factor in the position. I thyou think

that it would be dumb to h

te und poul

to man

devil by & formen had

hast

مینارسبارة السا

275.2.06

Sir Mommanney

? Then per proced

my first minute? Post. 6f2

Laz

bery well - but we must not be comprised if there is a large encers

au soliinates.

612.

baz 7.2

28-20

E

261/2

ALL COMMUNICATIONS

TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE

GROWN AGENTS FOR THE COLONIES,

THE ABOVE REFERENCE AND THE

DATE OF THIS LETTER BEING QUOTED.

TEL.ADO."CROWN, LONDON.

1

Enclosu res.

Hong Ko

CA

Kong

sir,

PRINTED

3543

RG 31 JAN 06,

481

FOR USE

EASTERN

No.

89

OLONIAL

OFFI

WHITEHALL GARDENS,

LONDON, S. W.

30th January 1906

Kowloon-Canton Railway.

In continuation of our letter of the 18th Decem-

ber I have now the honour to transmit for the information

of the Secretary of State a copy of the Consulting Engin-

1

eers report on the survey report and estimates submitted

by Mr Bruce for the British section of the Kowloon Canton

Railway, which they estimate can be built and equipped on

the low level Eastern route for the sum of £500,000.

2. We have since discussed the whole question per-

sonally with Sir John Wolfe Barry and especially the system

of construction to be adopted, and I enclose a copy of the

correspondence which has passed between us.

3. I also enclose a copy of a further correspondence

we have had with the Consulting Engineers relative to the

gauge and weight of rails, the staff which would be required

to be employed if the departmental system of construction

is adopted,' and the remuneration which they propose that

they should themselves receive for their prófessional ser-

vices.

4. It will be seen from the Consulting Engineers'

letter of the 13th Jamery that after full consideration

they have arrived at the conclusion that the work should be

carried out on the departmental system, and in this opinion he Under Secretary of State,

We

& C

&C

BC

Colonial office.

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