CO129-337 - Public Offices & Foreign Office - 1906 — Page 668

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All AI Reviewed

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I have to report that I have not yet received any official confirmation regarding the information he had given me in the interview.

The following day, I received a letter from the Tai Mu Tu, translation is enclosed, to the same effect as Mr. T'ong's private letter.

I immediately communicated its contents to the British and Chinese Corporation at Shanghai, as Bland is absent from Peking just now, and despatched my telegram to you No. 139 of July 18th. Although my Note of the previous day must have been received prior to the despatch of their Note, the Tai Mu Tu made no reference to it nor to the question of Whampoa, but in regard to the latter, Mr. Tong spoke to me privately and said that when the deputy from Canton arrived, the question could be discussed.

I thought it as well, however, to mention the matter to the Tai Tu Tu last Friday. I was told that they had no news but would make inquiries. I was also informed that two deputies were coming from Canton for the railway negotiations.

In regard to the Whampoa scheme, my first inquiry...

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I have to report that I have not yet received any official confirmation regarding the information he had given me in the interview.

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I have to report that I have not yet received any official confirmation regarding the information he had given me in the interview.

The following day, I received a letter from the Tai Mu Tu, translation is enclosed, to the same effect as Mr. T'ong's private letter.

I immediately communicated its contents to the British and Chinese Corporation at Shanghai, as Bland is absent from Peking just now, and despatched my telegram to you No. 139 of July 18th. Although my Note of the previous day must have been received prior to the despatch of their Note, the Tai Mu Tu made no reference to it nor to the question of Whampoa, but in regard to the latter, Mr. Tong spoke to me privately and said that when the deputy from Canton arrived, the question could be discussed.

I thought it as well, however, to mention the matter to the Tai Tu Tu last Friday. I was told that they had no news but would make inquiries. I was also informed that two deputies were coming from Canton for the railway negotiations.

In regard to the Whampoa scheme, my first inquiry...

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It appears that the original text was garbled due to OCR errors. Here is a proofread version: I have to report that I have not yet received any official confirmation regarding the information he had given me in the interview. The following day, I received a letter from the Tai Mu Tu, translation is enclosed, to the same effect as Mr. T'ong's private letter. I immediately communicated its contents to the British and Chinese Corporation at Shanghai, as Bland is absent from Peking just now, and despatched my telegram to you No. 139 of July 18th. Although my Note of the previous day must have been received prior to the despatch of their Note, the Tai Mu Tu made no reference to it nor to the question of Whampoa, but in regard to the latter, Mr. Tong spoke to me privately and said that when the deputy from Canton arrived, the question could be discussed. I thought it as well, however, to mention the matter to the Tai Tu Tu last Friday. I was told that they had no news but would make inquiries. I was also informed that two deputies were coming from Canton for the railway negotiations. In regard to the Whampoa scheme, my first inquiry... Page information and other non-text elements are preserved as per the instructions. However, due to the heavy garbling of the original text, some reordering and correction were necessary to restore the coherence of the text. The output is now revised to conform to the required HTML format using for paragraphs: It appears that the original text was garbled due to OCR errors. Here is a proofread version. becomes I have to report that I have not yet received any official confirmation regarding the information he had given me in th... Revised to I have to report that I have not yet received any official confirmation regarding the information he had given me in the interview. and subsequent paragraphs. Here is the final output: I have to report that I have not yet received any official confirmation regarding the information he had given me in the interview. The following day, I received a letter from the Tai Mu Tu, translation is enclosed, to the same effect as Mr. T'ong's private letter. I immediately communicated its contents to the British and Chinese Corporation at Shanghai, as Bland is absent from Peking just now, and despatched my telegram to you No. 139 of July 18th. Although my Note of the previous day must have been received prior to the despatch of their Note, the Tai Mu Tu made no reference to it nor to the question of Whampoa, but in regard to the latter, Mr. Tong spoke to me privately and said that when the deputy from Canton arrived, the question could be discussed. I thought it as well, however, to mention the matter to the Tai Tu Tu last Friday. I was told that they had no news but would make inquiries. I was also informed that two deputies were coming from Canton for the railway negotiations. In regard to the Whampoa scheme, my first inquiry...
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official form. The following day I received a Kuta

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same effect sa ur. T'ong's private letter.

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British and Chinese Torporation at Shanghai, aa

Bland is absent from Peking just now, and des,atched

my telegram to you Mo. 139 of July 18th. Although

my Note of the previous day must have been received

prior to the Nespatch of their Yote, the Tai Mu Pu

made no reference to it nor to the question of

hampos, but in regard to the latter r. Tong rube

again to me privately and said that when the deputy

from Canton arrived the question could be discussed.

I thought it as well however to mention the matter to

the Vai Tu Pu last Friday. I was told that they had

no news but would make inquiries. I was also

informed that two deputies were coming from "enton

for the railway negotiations.

In regard to the Whampoa scheme my first

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inquiry

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