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Government provincial funds by a British engineer; opened August, 1908. A lingi connecting the Shanghai-Nanking Railway with the Shanghai-Hangchow was com pleted in 1916, passing through the outskirts of the settlement; 10 miles.
18. Shanghai-Hangchow-Ningpo Railway (Hu-Hang-Yung); 218 miles. Under conte struction by two companies with Chinese capital, the Kiangsu and Chekiang Railwa Companies, respectively. Opened from Shanghai to Hangchow (116 miles) in August 1908, and from Ningpo to Tsao Ngo River (48 miles) in October, 1916. Managemen consolidated with that of the Shanghai-Nanking Railway.
19. Fukien Railway (Chang-Hsia), Changchowfu to Amoy, 33 miles. Construction has ceased at a distance of 18 miles.
20. Swatow-Chaochowfu Railway (Chao-Shan); 24 miles completed November, 19060 Chinese capital. Japanese engineers. Eventual connection with Amoy is proposed.
21. Canton-Kowloon Railway (Chiu-Kuang), 112 miles. Constructed with British capital and British engineers. The section in British territory, from Kowloon to Shumchün, 22 miles, was opened in October, 1910. The Chinese section, Canton te Shumchün, 89 miles, was opened on October 3rd. A connection with the Canton Hankow Railway is to be made by a loop round the north of Canton city. Canton Samshui 30 miles, opened in 1915. Chinese capital.
22. Sunning Railway (Hsin-Ning), Kongyik to Samkaphoi via Sunning, 55 miles? Chinese capital and Chinese engineers. Opened in 1909-10.
23. Yunnan Railway (Tien-Yueh), Laokai to Yunnanfu, 291 miles. An extension of the line from Hanoi. Metre gauge.
Built and controlled by French. Completed
January, 1910.
Projected Railways
1. Chinchowfu to Aigun, 750 miles. Preliminary agreement signed in January 1910, for American loan and British construction. Construction improbable.
2. Chengtingfu to Yehchow, 110 miles. To connect the Peking-Hankow and Tientsin-Pukow Railways. Concession granted to Germans. Probably superseded by Tsinan-Shunteh project.
3. Chefoo to Weihsien, 170 miles. To connect Chefoo with the Shantung Railway. Delayed for some years. Funds raised in 1915; Government contributing half.
4. Tungkwan to Hoħanfu (Hsi-T'ung), 730 miles. Surveyed in 1909. engineer engaged. Now absorbed in Lung Hai plan.
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5. Sianfu to Lanchowfu, 80 miles. Noted in the programme of the Board of Communications as to be surveyed in 1911, but the project is still somewhat indefinite.
6. Lanchowfu to Ilifu, over 1,250 miles. A still more indefinite item of the programme.
7. Sinyangchow to Fengyang or Pukow, 270 miles. Chinese Central Railways Co. authorised to raise a loan of £3,000,000 for the construction of this line, which will pass through Luchowfu, Linanchao and Chengyang Kwan. Surveys completed in 1914, but construction delayed owing to war.
8. Chaochowfu or Swatow via Waichow to Sheklung or Shunchün, 200 miles. Alternative projects for connecting Swatow with the Canton district and the Canton- Kowloon Railway.
9. Macao to Fatshan (on the Canton-Samshui line), 75 miles. Concession granted to a Portuguese syndicate in 1902.
10. Kweilin to Chuanchow (Kwangsi), 80 miles. Preliminary survey made in 1909; no funds for construction.
11. Langson to Lungchow, 46 miles. A proposed French extension, metre gauge, of the Hanoi-Langson line. It is proposed to continue this line to Nanning (150 miles).
12. Yunnanfu to Szechuan, 450 miles. To Suifu or to Luchow. engineers were engaged by the Viceroy of Yunnan to survey in 1909. gauge. There have been no developments since.
Two American Probably metre