CO129-420 - Governor Sir May - 1915 [1-2] — Page 319

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H. B. M. Consulate-General,

Canton,

January 23, 1915.

Sir:-

I have the honour to refer to my despatch of the

22nd ultimo with regard to the Green Island Cement Company's

claim on the Provincial Government to which, I regret to state,

no reply has been received.

I concur,

The company have now again addressed me on the

subject and have put forward a suggestion that one method of

coming to an arrangement would be to hand over the Canton Cement

Works to them to work in connection with their own factories.

They have reason to believe that this undertaking could be

worked more remuneratively than at present, and with this view

They add that during the last four weeks they have

only had sixty tons of limestone delivered to them from

Kwangtung, and this fact clearly demonstrates the disabilities

to which, through no fault of their own, they are subjected.

Seeing that prior to the wanton interference of the

Kwangtung Government they had no difficulties in procuring

stone nor in maintaining supplies, this state of things can

only be attributed to the indirect influence of their competi-

tors. The position is roughly as follows. Before the change

of Government took place, the Green Island Company was carrying

on a legitimate business with the full knowledge and approval

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