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My Lord,

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Government House,

Hongkong, 4th. August, 1909.

I learn from Mr. G. W. Eves, the

Chief Resident Engineer, that "the items common to both the

British and the Chinese Sections of the Kowloon-Canton

Railway which necessitate the expenditure of considerable

sums of money (in connection with the Consulting Engineers)

are:- Carriage Stock, Wagon Stock, Girders, Plate Girders

up to 60 feet span". It is obvious (especially in the case

of interchangeable Rolling Stock, the details of which are

settled by the two Chief Resident Engineers) that the

design prepared by the Consulting Engineers and furnished

by them to each of the two Sections is identical, but I am

informed that no charge is made to the Chinese Section for

these or any other designs and that "it is only when an

order is let at home that they obtain any remuneration for

their services as designers".

2.

Your Lordship is aware that the

-holders

British and Chinese Corporation on behalf of the Bond-

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

THE BARL OF CREVA,

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