It is requested that in any further communication on this subject the under-mentioned lotter and number may be quoted, and the reply uddressed to-
The Under Secretary of State for India,
India Office,
P.W.109.
Whitehall,
London, S. W
INDIA OFFICE,
2389
24JA. 19
WHITEHALL,
LONDON, S.W.
20 January 1909.
Sir,
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I am directed by the Secretary of State for India
(the
to refer to your letter, No.48607/08. of the 28th
December last, regarding the selection of an officer
with Indian experience to advise the Government of
Hong Kong in connection with the negotiations with the
Chinese Government for a working agreement in respect
of the British and Chinese sections of the Kowloon-
Canton railway.
In reply I am to state that the officer who is
considered both by this office and by the Government
of India to be most suitable for the purpose is Major
A. Bonham Carter, R.E,, whose last post in India was
that of Agent to the Madras Railway Company, in which
post he was drawing a salary of Rs.2,500 a month.
Major Bonham-Carter is at present on leave in
Should the Earl of Crewe so desire it,
this country.
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
he
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