CO129-350 - Public Offices - 1908 — Page 236

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

WOLFE BARRY & PARTNERS

...

SIR JOHN W

SAVO WOLFE BARRY KB.

CABRERETON,

E.GRITTWELake,

KAWOLTE BARRY

CONSILIUM, LONDON"

TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS,

TELEPHONE NUMBER,

.

24 WESTMINSTER.

234

7.0.8.

21. Delahay Street,

Westminster, S.W.

7th October

1908..

Gentlemen,

KOWLOON CANTON RAILWAY

BRITISH SECTION.

Construction.

We have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter

E.261/2 of September 22nd enclosing a copy of a letter from

the Colonial Office dated September 19th and also copies

of a confidential despatch from B.E. the Governor of Hong

Kong dated August 7th with other enclosures, for which we are

much obliged.

We note that the Secretary of State for the Colonies

has sanctioned Mr. A.J. Barry's inspection of the above

railway on our behalf, as proposed in our letters of August

21st and September 2nd, and we will therefore endeavour to

make the necessary arrangements with him. We also note

that Lord Crewe desires that Mr. Barry should report direct

to us and that we should submit our report to his Lordship.

We will therefore see that this procedure is carried out.

With reference to the confidential despatch of H.E.

the Governor of Hong Kong on the bridges which are reported

1.

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