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construction of the line. The Committee are of opinion that the Concessionaires should be given twelve months in which to actually start work on the Railway and, if at the end of this period a start has not been made, they consider opportunity should then be afforded for other negotiations to be put in train with a view to ensuring the early construction of the railway.
The Committee understand that more than one alternative route for the line has been proposed, of which one is from Kowloon, via Taipo, to Shekling and thence north of the East River to Canton another from Kowloon following the line of the sea westward to Castle Peak Bay, then via Deep Bay, Taiping, and Tung Kun to Sheklung. It is possible that the relative advantages of still other routes may have to be considered.
The Committee are not in a position at the moment to express any opinion as to the most desirable route to be followed as the actual route the railway is to take is a question of secondary importance.
The Committee entirely agree with the views expressed at the recent meeting of this Chamber as to the vital importance attaching to the speedy construction of the projected Canton-Kowloon railway both in the interests of this Colony and of British trade generally.
We cannot without the greatest alarm contemplate the possibility of the sea terminus of the main line through China being made outside British Territory, and we are therefore addressing the Government on the subject in the belief that he can confidently count upon His Excellency's support in bringing the matter to a successful issue.
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To The Honourable
The Colonial Secretary.
H ÔNG K ONG.
I have &c.
Sd. E. A. Hewett,
Chairman.