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sir à. Lempson.

no

Telegra

Mr. iveling's talegrem No. 107 (of

July 14th; Boler Indewan 1 ty ).

If the Chinese Government are determined

Cypher

to devote the sover indemnity funds to the

completion of the Canton Bankow rai way the

question of assurances se to where the orders

are to be placed would become largely seademic.

2.

I hope shortly to send you a despatok

explaining that the lukuang Agreesent of 1911

is still binding on both parties.

Consequently

if Boxer indeunity funda are used to aemplate

the railway the Chiness are bound by rticle

XVIII to employ the British and Chinese Cer-

poration as their agent for the purchase of

materials, and the British and Chinese Cof-

paration are equally bound to call for teniars

in the open market. iar. Choy states that

the Chinese Goverment intend to observe the

lukuang agreement but that being so it would