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Article 6.
When the work of construction is ready to begin, the Viceroy will establish a Head Office at ... for the construction and management of the Railway. This office will be under the direction of a Chinese Managing Director (appointed by the Viceroy) with whom will be associated a British Engineer-in-Chief and a British Chief Accountant. These British employees shall be proposed and certified as competent for their posts, by the Corporation, and shall be approved by the Viceroy; in the event of their services proving unsatisfactory they shall be removable by the Corporation, in consultation with the Viceroy, upon complaint being made by either one or the other parties to this agreement. It is understood that the duties performed by these employees are intended to promote the mutual interests of the Chinese Government and the bondholders respectively, and it is therefore agreed that all cases of difference arising therefrom shall be referred for amicable adjustment between the Viceroy and the Representative of the Corporation. The salaries and other terms of agreement of the Engineer-in-Chief and the Chief Accountant shall be proposed by the Corporation, for approval by the Viceroy; and the amount of their salaries etc., shall be paid out of the general accounts of the Railway.
For all important technical appointments on the Railway staff Europeans of experience and ability shall be engaged and wherever competent Chinese are available they shall also be employed. All such appointments shall be made and their functions defined by the Managing Director and the Engineer-in-Chief in consultation, and shall be submitted for the Viceroy's approval; similar procedure shall be followed in the case of Europeans employed in the Chief Accountant's department. In the event of the misconduct or the incompetency of such employees, their services may be dispensed with by the Managing Director, after consultation with the Engineer-in-Chief.