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REC 323 SEP 08
AFFAIRS OF CHINA.
CONFIDENTIAL.
[31033]
No. 1.
[September 7.]
SECTION 1.
Sir J. Jordan to Sir Edward Grey.~(Received September 7.)
(No. 321.) Sir,
Peking, July 20, 1908. WITH reference to my despatch No. 218 of the 13th May and previous correspondence regarding the redemption by China of the Peking Syndicate's Mining Concession in Shansi, I have the honour to report the employment by the provincial authorities of an English mining engineer, Mr. Harold D. Martin, who arrived in China some two months ago.
Mr. Martin brought with him a letter of introduction to myself from friends in England, and owes his appointment, I understand, to the recommendation of an engineer named Lichtenberg, with whom the Shansi authorities had become acquainted last year,
On his departure for Taiyuan-fu, I wrote on Mr. Martin's behalf to the provincial Treasurer T'ing, expressing the wish that he might be instrumental in developing the mineral resources of Shansi, and have now received a private letter from his Excellency, stating that Mr. Martin will first be employed in a general mineral survey of the province, while another English engineer, Mr. Almond, is already mining at Ping Ting, with English machinery.
Some activity is thus being displayed by the province to profit by the redemption of their mining rights, but the employment of two engineers in an area as large as that of England is unlikely in itself to be attended by any great results.
In the meantime the Peking Syndicate retain their engineer, Mr. R. H. Lee, at Taiyuan-fu, where he resides, on good terms with the officials, waiting for business.
I have, &c. (Signed) J. N. JORDAN.
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REC 323 SEP 08
AFFAIRS OF CHINA.
CONFIDENTIAL.
[31033]
No. 1.
[September 7.1
SECTION 1.
Sir J. Jordan to Sir Edward Grey.~(Received September 7.)
(No. 321.) Sir,
Peking, July 20, 1908. WITH reference to my despatch No. 218 of the 13th May and previous corre- spondence regarding the redemption by China of the Peking Syndicate's Mining Concession in Shansi, I have the honour to report the employment by the provincial authorities of an English mining engineer, Mr. Harold D. Martin, who arrived in China some two months ago.
Mr. Martin brought with him a letter of introduction to myself from friends in England, and owes his appointment, I understand, to the recommendation of an engineer named Lichtenberg, with whom the Shansi authorities had become acquainted last year,
On his departure for Taiyuan-fu, I wrote on Mr. Martin's behalf to the provincial Treasurer T'ing, expressing the wish that he might be instrumental in developing the mineral resources of Shansi, and have now received a private letter from his Excellency, stating that Mr. Martin will first be employed in a general mineral survey of the province, while another English engineer, Mr. Almond, is already mining at Ping Ting, with English machinery.
Some activity is thus being displayed by the province to profit by the redemption of their mining rights, but the employment of two engineers in an area as large as that of England is unlikely in itself to be attended by any great results.
In the meantime the Peking Syndicate retain their engineer, Mr. R. H. Lee, at Taiyuan-fu, where he resides, on good terms with the officials, waiting for business.
I have, &c. (Signed) J. N. JORDAN.
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