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14th July 1909.

e tisfied that our engineers and foreign overseers without

exception are working heart and soul for the interents of

Imperial Fallway of China and doing so with Findless and consideration for the natives of Gina both villagers and w88026

I shall shortly mámit through B. E. Tel Han a pla

ing clearly the progress already made.

It is however specially in cormootion with the difficulties jo.2 District which have been experienced by Ur. Boothby, District Ineor, fr. Tarmington, and Fr. B. C. Chang, Assistant Engineers,

I wish to explain to Your Excellency in view of Tour Excellency's' jer addressed to me personal ly. I note that Your Exoollency

its out that I am not held responsible for delay to the works

wh the failure to obtain land to work on and this I have alwaye

But spart from this delay to works which is very

battable and will, I fear, add to the cost of our Railway and

by the opening to through traffis, is the fact that the engineers

Sally mentioned have been called upon to face great opposition dangers, and thus the crisis was brought about which necessitated

(27 mesto?GS.

One must recognise the fact that engineers living in Miness on their Districte and among unfriendly and unruly

40 are called upon to face great difficulties.

"os uren have now been undertaken owing to the conțial jof the Viceroy at the kind request of Tour Excellency, which

Maging Director and myself hope and believe will bring about

Mly a better state of affairs in the Dist let named and thus

dologe of the past may be compensated for by increased activity.

ly only object in writing thin letter in to explain the

of circumstances which has givm vine to special mosmires