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Viceroy, he shall request the Corporation to dispense with their services and to nominate their successors, and, in the event of the Corporation desiring to remove them for good cause, it shall do so in consultation with the Viceroy. 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 European Employees, their services may be dispensed with by the Managing Director, after consultation with the Engineer-in-Chief and subject to the sanction of the Viceroy. The forms of agreements made with European employees shall conform to the usual practice.
The accounts of the receipts and the disbursements of the Railway's construction and operation, shall be kept in Chinese and English in the department of the Chief Accountant, whose duty it shall be to organise and supervise the same, and to report thereon for the information of the Viceroy through the Managing Director, and of the Corporation. All receipts and payments shall be certified by the Chief Accountant and authorised by the Managing Director.
For the general technical staff of the Railway the necessary arrangements