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Lordship's Department informing me of the selection of Mr.

Lindsey and enquiring if I concurred. I replied on June

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Enclosure 2.

16th. (sec copies attached) asking whether the appointment

had been made by the Indian Railway Board with whom I was

in communication, and referring Your Lordship to my Des-

-patch of 8th. May, 1909, which shewed that I was (in

accordance with your instructions) already in direct

negotiation with India. On July 28th. I received a Des-

-patch from India dated July 5th. (copy enclosed) in-

-forming me of the selection of a man

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Mr. Lillie who

appears to be exceptionally well qualified for the

appointment and at the same time less costly than Mr.

Lindsey. He would also presumably arrive sooner, and the

negotiation of the Working Agreement is now becoming a

matter of urgency.

3.

I much regret that after all the

courtesy of the Indian Railway Board in this matter, and

the trouble they have taken, they should have been re-

-quested to cancel the appointment of Mr. Lillie, and I an

at present at a loss to account for the misunderstanding

which led to the selection of Mr. Lindsey after I had

received your instructions to negotiate direct with the

Indian