CO129-384 - Public Offices - 1911 — Page 192

Enclosure I in

Sie J. Jordan's ho. 271

of July H, 19u.

Pekin,

sir,

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In continuation of w

inutes

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June 29, 1911.

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121 JUL 1911

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espatch of the 26th instant 25 JUL 11

I have the honour to transmit to Your Excellency hore-

with the Minutes of an interview which I had yesterday

with Wie Excellency Li "hing-fang, the Vice-President

of the Vinistry of Communications, on the subject of the

Yorking Agrement for the connection of the Canton Kow-

loon Railway.

According to Lord Li, the crux of the whole question

lay in the division of profits end if this wera arranged,

an agreement on other points would not be attended with

much. dirriculty. He argued that the Chinese had already

made a considerable concession in proposine to kecspt

75% is their share of the profite and considered the Hong-

kong offer of 60% as quite inadequate to meet the justice

of the cas®. As reported, however,

in my tolegram of

today

Excellency

Bir P. D. Lugard, 0.0.3.0., 0.8., D.8.0.,

etc.

atc.

etc.

Hongkong.