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Chinese Railway Administration acting under
the authority of the Tsung-11-Yamen of the
one part and the British firm of Jardine
Matheson and Company for themselves and on
behalf of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking
Corporation of the other part jointly re-
presenting a British Syndicate adopting the
terms of the Preliminary Agreement signed
by the above mentioned contracting parties
on the 13th day of May 1898 for the financing
constructing and working of a railway from
Shanghai to Nanking as a Preliminary Agree-
ment for the construction and working of a
railway from Pookoo to Sinyang in the prov-
inces of Kiangsu Nganhui and Honan.
18th May 1899 - AN AGREEMENT of this date made between
their Excellencies Hsu and Chang duly auth-
orised to act on behalf of the Imperial Gov-
ernment of China of the one part and (A)
The Deutsche Asiatische Bank (B) the Hong-
kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation for
themselves
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