CO129-471 - Public Offices - 1921 — Page 133

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Coue telegram to 3ir B. Alston. (Peking).

Foreign Office. July 4th, 1921. 11.45.a.m.

No. 208. (R).

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Your telegram No. 224.

We understand maximum fee to have been fixed

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at £3,500 inclusive of travelling and living expenses,

that is to say, £500 less than inclusive fee suggested

in your telegram No. 173.

Both Palmer and Wilson refuse offer and adhere

to their original terms and Institution of Civil

Engineers decline to recommend any engineer as

suitable to undertake this important work for less

than 5,000 guineas plus out-of-pocket expenses. I

am enquiring of various Government offices concerned

whether they know of suitable engineer who would

undertake work on terms offered but in the meantime,

I should be glad to learn whether there is any

possibility of Conservancy Board raising their offer.

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