CO129-343 - Public Offices & Foreign Office - 1907 — Page 665

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[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]

C. O.

CHINA RAILWAYS.

CONFIDENTIAL.

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No. 1.

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[April 6.1

SECTION LEE 24 APR 07,

Sir J. Jordan to Sir Edward Grey.--(Received April 6.)

(No. 81.) Sir,

Peking, February 12, 1907. REFERRING to my telegrams Nos. 26 and 29 of the 8th and 10th instant, I have the honour to transmit to you herewith, in translation, copy of a letter from the Wai-wu Pu, in which they inform me that their Memorial on the Canton-Kowloon Railway Agreement has received the Imperial sanction.

The Agreement itself will not be signed until after the New Year's holidays, which terminate early in March, but the necessary papers are now being prepared, and it is hoped that there will be no undue delay in executing the instrument.

Inclosure in No. 1,

I have, &c. (Signed)

J. N. JORDAN.

Wai-wu Pu to Sir J. Jordan.

(Translation.) Sir,

February 9, 1907. WE have the honour to inform your Excellency that the Memorial which this Board submitted on the 7th instant for the conclusion of the Canton-Kowloon Railway Agreement has to-day received the Imperial approval.

We avail, &c.

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