which it
with
be applied to a particular case, such as that of Hong Kong, extreme caution. This will be more readily apparent by reference to paragraph 9 of Mr Waring's report", from
that the appears averages are derived from extremes which vary very widely. For instance, the expenditure on works proper varies between £12,681 and £5,382 per single live mile; the
cost
of locomotives, between £4259 and £236; that
of
legal expenses, between £1417 and nothing; and
It appears to us that in these circumstances, the Experience acquired in this
Country
(
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Country will be useful to the Government of Hong Kong mainly in furnishing reliable information
as
to
gauge, types of permanent material and rolling stock and other particulars
way
on which
local estimate
cost can be based. Mr Waring's report furnishes
much useful information on these points.
the
3. Mr Waring refers, in the 33rd and following paragraphs of his report to some reasons which appear to him to render undesirable the
of
construction of a tramway on the Praya, and he suggests,
an
alternative
survey
net
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