CO129-384 - Public Offices - 1911 — Page 20

Enclosure I in In. J. Jordan's

4o. 248. of June2bqzgn.

C.

20049 Peking

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June 15, 1911.

sir,

I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt

of Your Excellency's Confidential Despatch, No. 2 in

2852/07 of the 27th, of lay last in which you emporte a

variety of services which the Hongkong Goverment has ro-

cently rendered to the provincial Goverment et Canton,

and request me to represent these matters to the Chinese

Government end to urge the wai su ru in return to essent

without further delay to the reasonable derado of the

llongkong Goverment with regard to the working Agreement

for the Canton Kowloon Railway.

I took advantage of an interview which I had

with the Vai Tu Pu on the 9th, instant to take a roprocen-

tation to the Linisters in the general sonse of Tour 8x-

cellancy's ramrts, but I found that they had little or no

knowledge of the various questions alluded to in your

Despatch

Ms sxcellency

Sir F. D. perd. K.C...G.. C.B., D.S.C.,

etc. etc. etc..

HONGKONG.

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