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or usurp the authority of local officials, and should any such be
guilty of riotous conduct or of wounding and maiming Chinese, the
same shall be dismissed on complaint being made by the Director
General.
For the service of the construction of the Railway any Chinese
of official rank and competent for the work may be recommended by
the Board of Commissioners to the Director General for employment
under the formality of a letter of appointment.
For any important office of the construction of the Railway
foreigners of ability and experience shall be employed. In the
engineering departments competent Chinese may also be employed
and all employees whether Chinese or foreigners if incompetent in
their work or unsatisfactory in their behaviour may be dismissed at
any time by the Board of Commissioners and the dismissal shall be
reported to the Director General. The Chinese and British members
of the Board when ill or absent may be represented at the Board by
available substitutes. In the case of the Chinese members the
substitutes must be approved by the Director General and in case of
the British members by the Corporation.
When deemed necessary a school for the education of Chinese in
the construction of railways shall be undertaken by the Board of
Commissioners subject to report to and approval by the Director
General.