CO129-357 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1909 [7-9] — Page 91

CONFIDENTIA L.

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I have the honour to acknowledge

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receipt of your Despatch Confidential of June 11th. cover-

-ing a letter and report from the Consulting Engineers of

the Kowloon-Canton Railway. Your Lordship had already in-

-formed me by telegram dated 11th. of last June of the

conclusion which the Consulting Engineers had arrived at

in reference to Mr. G. V. Eves and you enquired whether I

concurred in calling upon him to resign, and in the appoint-

-ment of Mr. Lindsey as his successor.

2.

In reply to this telegram I

informed Your Lordship that I had accepted Mr. Eves's

resignation. I was, however, in some difficulty regarding

the proposed appointment of Mr. Lindsey since I was already

in direct communication with the Indian Railway Board (in

accordance with your telegram dated the 8th. of last

February) with a view to the selection of a suitable man

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

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THE EARL OF CHEWE,

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