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ALL COMMUNICATIONS

TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE

CROWN AGENTS FOR THE COLONIES,

THE ABOVE REFERENCE AND THE

DATE OF THIS', LETTER BEING QUOTED.

TEL. ADD."CROWN, LONDON?

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EA TEHN

İRES

34545

IRE 18 SEP 06

WHITEHALL GARDENS,

17th September

LONDON, S. W.

568

1906

sir,

CA

1990s.

Hong Kon

Koawcon-Canton Railway

Survey

9478

Aug:06

Statement.

With our letter of the 19th of April 1905.

we forwarded among others, a copy of a letter dated the 15th

of April from the Consulting Engineers on the subject of

the estimated cost of the surveys for the British Section

of the Kowlcon-Canton Railway.

In the seventh paragraph

of their letter, the Consulting Engineers estimated the cost

of the reconnaissance survey of both eastern and western

routes at £1,800 and the cost of the location survey of

the eastern route at £1,785 making a total of £3,585 and

in the first paragraph of their letter of the 15th March 1905

a copy of which was communicated to you with ours of the

22nd they stated that their fee for reporting upon the result

of the surveys would be £525. The estimated cost of the

surveys which have been carried out was therefore £4,110.

2.

I now enclose for the information of the Earl of

Elgin a copy of a letter and enclosure which we have received

from the Consulting Engineers from which it will be seen

that the actual cost of the surveys has amounted to

£3,303.4.5, being a saving on the estimate of £806.15.7

We have paid Sir John Wolfe Barry & Partners

the outstanding amount, viz: £803.4.5 and have reported the

3.

matter to the Colonial Government.

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I have the honour to be, Sir,

The Under Secretary of State.

&C &c &c

Colonial Office.

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Your Obedient Servant,

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