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Whang Poo Conservancy Board request that His Majesty's Government will nominate a British engineer to serve on

International Committee to pronounce final opinion on

harbour development at Shanghai. They require engineer of

highest standing and with practical experience of public

harbour and river works and Port Administration.

Nominations should reach Board before March 1st. Engineer should leave England by August 31st and could reach

England again in January 1922.

Peninsular and Oriental will afford special facilities

for passages.

Engineer should not be accompanied by family.

Board request that nominee should state terms on which he

would accept appointment. There will be six members of Committee and taels 75,000 has been allocated for fees.

Two firms have been suggested, Coode Matthews Fitzmaurice

and Wilson; also Rendel Palmer and Tritton; but Board does

not desire to restrict nominations to these two. Decisions

reached by this Committee may have most important effect on

whole question of Port development and Conservancy in China

and I trust you will endeavour to secure nomination of

engineer of highest standing.

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