CO129-416 - Public Offices - 1914 — Page 290

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In any further communication

on the subject, please quote

No.

and address

12715/14.

The Under Secretary of State,

Formign Office,

London,

من

! 11548/14,

R25.314

FOREIGN OFFICE

March

27

fet.

ch 19

(68 March 25

$1,000,000.

Sir:-

1914.

With reference to your secret letter No.10246/

1914 of the 20th instant I am directed by Secretary

Sir E. Grey to transmit to you herewith, to be laid

before the Secretary of State for the Colonies, copy

of a letter from the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking

Corporation, dated the 19th, and of a telegram from

His Majesty's Minister at Peking of the 23rd instart,

regarding the proposed loan to the Canton Government.

Subject to the concurrence of Mr. Harcourt, Sir

E. Grey proposes to approve the suggestion to employ

for this purpose the Two million pounds earmarked for

salt reorganisation under the loan agreement.

Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office,

I am,

Sir,

Your most obedient,

humble Servant,

Ralph Paget