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after completion the Chinese section will have to rely
entirely upon its own traffic to pay the interest on
the bonds, failing which the Chinese Government will
have to provide it; the only alternative being to in-
crease the loan to a safe figure (of which the whole
need not be issued) or to take power in the agreement
to issue supplemental pari passu Bonds in the event
of the principal loan being insufficient.
The Engineer's estimate for the construction and
equipment of 24 miles in British Territory exclusive
of land is £488,317.
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