and the cost of
whole line but giving a guarantee for the
punctual payment of the interest
and sinking fund for the proper
maintenance and
satisfaction of a first mortgage, of the first line with equipment
throughout the period of the lease on the
expenditure incurred by the Hong Kong Government
(2) That the payment to the Colonial
Government by way of interest and sinking
fund shall be a first charge on
the profits of the whole line after
paying working expenses and not merely of
the British section of the line,
and that any profits accruing to
above a certain substantial rate of interest to the shareholders,
after the payment of interest and sinking fund to the
Colonial Government shall be divided between
the Corporation and the Hong Kong Government