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ALL COMMUNICATIONS

TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE

CROWN AGENTS FOR THE COLONIES,

THE ABOVE REFERENCE AND THE

DATE OF THIS LETTER BEING QUOTED.

TELEGRAMS,"GROWN, LONDON."

TELEPHONE 7780 VICTORIA (8 LINL)

Kowloon

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Sir,

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REGE 5 MAR 14 WHITEHALL CARDENS,

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LONDON, S. W.

4th March 1914

Terminal Station.

have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter No.616/13-14 of the 13th January and its

enclosures relative to the contract for the steel and iron

work of the terminal station of the Cowloon-Canton Railway,

which has been let locally.

2. The document received under cover of our letter

is not a copy of the contract, but a copy of the form and

specification upon which tenders were invited, the blanks

for prices, time of delivery, etc., not being filled in.

As tenders were not due till 15th January, these particulars

were obviously not available when the Governor wrote,

Without them it is impossible to make any comparison.

3. Should the Secretary of State care to pursue

the matter, he will perhaps ask for a copy of the contract

as actually signed, giving the total sun agreed upon, if

that is stated. The schedule of prices which the contractor

is required by the form of tender to fill in should be

included, with all other particulars of the contract.

The Under Secretary of State

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