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territorial authorities.
(IX) Any dissensions which may arise during
the construction or after the completion of the
railway shall in the first place be submitted to the
Portuguese Consul-General at Canton and the Governor
General of the Liang Kuang.
factory decision is impossible, appeal may be made
to the High Authorities at Peking and the Portuguese
Minister.
If after this a satis-
(X) The measures to be adopted by the company
in order to purchase land for the route of the rail-
way, as also lands and buildings for the necessary
workshops and warehouses, are as follows:-
(a) In the case of Crown Land, the company
shall inform the local officials, who will survey
the land, enter it on the register, and give it to
the company in usufruct for such period as the agree-
ment shall last, the company undertaking to pay a
yearly ground rent,
(b) If the land is private property, .or the
common property of the local gentry, the company
shall negotiate a price with the owners, and the
sale shall take place by mutual agreement. The com-
pany shall continue to pay all legitimate taxes.
(c)
If the owner will not come to terms the com-
pany can appeal to the nearest local official to ar-
range the purchase.
The company shall pay at the mar-
ket rate for land in the locality.
(a) If the land includes any trees, houses, ponds
wells, or other things, on which labour and money have
been expended, a price must be paid in addition to the
value of the land. If agreement as to the price is
impossible, the course laid down in the preceding sec-
tion shall be followed,
(e) Detours must be made to avoid graveyards,
but in the case of scattered graves which it is impos-
sible to avoid, liberal compensation must be given for
the expense of removing the same in addition to the
value of the land.
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(f) The company must be just in its dealings with
the inhabitants of the places through which the rail-
way passes, and must strive to avoid any injury to the
locality or to the feelings of the people, and on the
other
sale