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"to be at the disposal of the British and Chinese

"Corporation and of the French group in equal moieties;

*and that the Chairman of the Company was to be a Bri-

*tish subject appointed by the British group and that

"he would have a casting vote. His Majesty's Gov-

"ernment adhere to this attitude, which is based, (as

"in the case of the agreement arrived at in October

*1905 as to British and French cooperation in the rail-

*way projects of the 'Chinese Central Railways Limi-

"ted'), on the principle of the employment in equal

*proportion of British and French engineers and of

*British and French materials for railway construc-

"tion".

In paragraph 4 between the words "no advantage

in" and "an intimation" the following words might be

inserted.

"The scope of the engagements they took in Janu-

*ary 1906, being extended to the fresh points raised

*in the two last paragraphs of the memorandum commu-

*nicated by Monsieur Cambon and more especially in

These