CO129-367 - Acting Governor May - 1910 [6-7] — Page 377

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R19 AUG 101

Government Hause,

HR,

16th. July, 1910.

I have the honour to confirm my telegram of

the 9th. inotan:

instant, and to forward horewith the minutes of a

meeting held on the 5th. instant to discuss the question of the

Joint Working of the British nd Chinoso Sections of the

Kowloon-Canton Railway, tomather with a copy of a letter anted

the lốth. instant from tr. 3. S. Lindsey stating the case for

joint managotont as against soparate management of the two

fections.

2.

Your. Excellency will observe that the Board

of Communications has instr etod Taotai Tai lan that he must

only degotiate on the lines of separate management and that

Mr. Wei Han hissaolf believes that the Board's objection so

joint sana "ament is really political, As, however, this Govorn=

wm nt is not at present prepared to nogotiute on the basis of

separate management, the matter is now at a deadlock, and, in

those circumstancos, I shall be glad if Your Excellency can

persuade the Board of Communications to look at the question

from a business point of view. In any case the objection of the

Chinese Government (i? political) is not well founded, for

prest Britain and China will havs equel representation on the

Board of Control of the Railway, while any point on which votes

are equally divided must, according to the Draft Working Agror»

-mont, be reforrad to the two Governments for sattlement.

3.

Mr. Lindooy estimates that by adopting the

proposal of this Government for joint manaronent, the Chinose

fection will save $100,000 per annum on its share of the Work-

s Britannic Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires,

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PEKING.