As the majori-
share-
issued to them and the voice they will have in the
direction of the company's affairs.
ty of shares are to be held by Chinese, and the
greatest stretch of the line traverses Kuangtung,
all regulations drawn up with regard to shares
shareholders' interests, directors, auditors,
holders' meetings, &c., of the said company shall be
in accordance with the Chinese Company Law of the
5th day, 12th moon of the 29th year of Kuang Hsü
(January 21st, 1904) and with the terms of the pre-
liminary agreement.
(IV)
As the route of the railway has not yet
:
been determined, engineers must be engaged to survey
the country between Canton and Macao, so that a de-
cision may be arrived at.
made
(V) After the survey for the railway has been
a plan shall be drawn showing in detail the
places through which the line is to pass, and the
points at which stations as well as the necessary
buildings, yards and warehouses, &c., have to be e8-
tablished, and shall be transmitted for the inspec-
tion of the Director General of Railways;
only after
his
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his inspection and approval may the work of construc-
tion be commenced. Four copies of this plan shall be
made, one for transmission to the Director General of
Railways, the three remaining copies to be forwarded
by the latter to the Wai Wu Pu, the Board of Commerce.
and the Governor General of the Liang Kuang, for inclu-
sion in their respective archives.
(VI) All surveying expenses as well as those for
the construction of the railway shall be advanced by
the Chinese-Portuguese Canton Macao Railway Company.
(VII) The Chinese Government will not allow any
other person or company to build any line of railway
parallel to that of the Chinese-Portuguese Railway
Company within ten English miles thereof.
(VIII) When in the first place the engineers com-
mence their survey and afterwards when they begin work
on the railway, His Excellency the Director General of
Railways and the Portuguese Consul-General at Canton
must give detailed information to the Governor General
of the Liang Kuang, who will then issue a passport for
each of them. All engineers, surveyors, and others,
will be afforded complete protection by the various
territorial