CO129-551-4 Canton-Kowloon Railway Working Agreement 16-11-1934 - 5-12-1935 — Page 16

Cony to;- F.0. D.M.

Comm.Couns.

(Canton/1935)

BRITISH EMBASSY,

PEKING.

16

22nd August, 1985.

sir,

With reference to my letter of the 18th July

1935, stating that representations were being made

to the Chinese Governsent regarding the defaults in

the service of the Canton-Kowloon Ra:lway Loan of

1907, I am directed to inform you that a reply has

now been rɛceived from the Vai Chimo Pu dated 15th

August 1955 transmitting a statement from the Mini-

stry of Railways, to whoa the matter was referred, to

the following effecti-

As regards the principal and interest payable on

the Canton-Kowloon Railway, the Railway owing

to shortage of revenues is not able to meet the

payments, the finances of this Ministry are also

in a difficult state, and there is no other source

of revZYLL from which payment can be made instead ;

/ for

A.L.Davidson Esquire,

British and Chinese Corporation Limited,

BHANOI I.