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The accounts of the receipts and disbursements of the construction
of the Railway are to be kept by a Chief Accountant whose records and
books are at all times open to the inspection and examination of the
Board of Commissioners. All the accounts of the Railway con-
struction are to be kept in Hongkong currency in the English and
Chinese languages with the combined signature of a Chinese and
British official. The staff of the Chief Accountant's department shall
be composed of Chinese and foreigners who must be satisfactory and
reliable men.
ARTICLE 7.
Under the provisions of Article 3 of this Agreement the
properties covered by the first mortgage security hereby created
include the Railway its property and equipment, and the mortgage is to
be executed by a deed in the form contemplated by the said Article.
Such mortgage and security and all powers thereby conferred are to
be subject to the conditions of the Working Agreement. But subject
to the guarantee and mortgage thus given by the Chinese Government
it is hereby declared that this Railway is in fact a Chinese property,
All the land that may be required for a double line along the
whole course of the Railway and for double track-sidings, stations,
repairing shops and car sheds to be provided for in accordance with the Working Agreement and the detailed plans now made or hereafter to be made by the Engineer-in-Chief and approved by the Director