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Nothing to the injury of China shall be allowed to be carried
over the line, neither shall the line be used to the detriment of China.
ARTICLE 20.
It is agreed that if at any time after the lapse of 12 years from
the date of the issue of the Bonds the Railway Administration
receives instructions from the Chinese Government to cancel any of
the Bonds or any of the net profit, Certificates the Director General
shall not less than six months previous to the proposed redemption
notify in writing the Agent of the Corporation in Hongkong
declaring the number of Bonds or the number of net profit Certificates
so required to be redeemed and cancelled.
The Agent of the Corporation shall immediately on the receipt of
such notice in writing proceed to make arrangements for the desired
redemption by drawing lots and taking other proper steps in the way
customary in London, of the number of Bonds or net profit
Certificates in such quantity as may be required. And as soon as the
Railway Administration under instructions from the Chinese
Government shall remit the proper amount according to the
redemption price of the Bonds or the redemption price of the net
profit Certificates together with the interest due on the Bonds, or the
net profits due on the Certificates, a notice shall be published once in
each of two of the most prominent papers in London and
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