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interfere with passengers' baggage carried by train.
But if it is rumoured or has been ascertained that in
defiance of lav smuggling of postal matter is being
carried on, a suitable arrangement will be made for
dealing with the difficulty.
(c) At all stations where trains start a
syecial compartment for the use of Post Office offi-
cials must be provided. Ay alteration in the time
of departure of trains must be notified to the Post
Office two months beforehand, in order that it may
Le nde generally known.
(a) The railway shall not charge for the
compartment reserved for ordinary mails. Should a
special car become necessary, the charge for it shall
be based upon the practice in other countries, but
must be more than usually moderate. (This shall be
made the subject of further negotiations).
(e) Officials and servants of the Post Of-
fice on duty may come and go by train as they please,
And must not be obstructed, but they must be provided
With passes.
If they have no pass, they shall be
treated in all respots as ordinary travellers. The
railway will provide passes on application.
(1) At all stations on the railway,
the
Post Office may hire any mumber of storerooms, for
which it will pay suitable rent, and set up letter-
boxes which it will itself look after. (The rent to
be paid for the storerooms shall be the subject of
further negotiations).
(g)
All charges due in accordance with
these regulations by the Post Office to the railway,
shall be paid in full by the end of each year.
Any future alterations must be approv-
ed of and settled by the Wal Wu Pu and the Board of
Commerce before they come into force.
XXVIII. The mails of the Macao Post Office
shall also be carried by the railway free of charge
to the first place in Chinese territory where there
is a Chinese Post Office.
XXIX.
The engineers, mechanics and special-
ists employed by the railway must be foreigners, but
the workmen must be all Chinese. No person may be
engaged or appointment for the railway except by the
special
railway