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FOREIGN OFFICE, S.W.1.,

July 4th, 1921.

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Sir:-

With reference to the letter from this Office

of the 27th ultimo and previous correspondence regarding

the nomination of a British engineer to serve on the

International Committee to be appointed to report on the

improvement of the port of Shanghai, I am directed by

Marquess Curzon of Kedleston to transmit herewith copy of

a letter from the President of the Institution of Civil

Engineers declining to propose the name of any engineer

for the appointment at a fee less than five thousand guineas

apart from travelling and other out-of-pocket expenses.

2. In view of the urgent advisability of British

interests being represented on the Committee and of the

apparently final decision of the Whangpoo Conservancy Board

to fix the maximum fee at three thousand, five hundred pounds

inclusive of travelling and living expenses (see Sir B.

Alston's telegram of June 5th, copy of which was forwarded to

the Board on the 13th ultimo), Lord Curzon would be glad

if he might be informed at the earliest possible moment

whether the Board of Trade can recommend any engineer with

the necessary qualifications who would be willing to

undertake the work at the figure named. It will be remember-

ed that it was originally intended that the engineer selected

should/

The Secretary

to the Board of Trade.