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being 26 and the other 24 years of age.
CHANGSHA.
On May 28th the Provincial Treasurer and the
Hunan Railway Company urged the people of the prov-
ince in a joint appeal to take up the Company's
shares, so that the Hunan section should be proceed-
ed with without further delay. The cost of the line
(400 miles) was estimated to be over $30,000,000.
Preference shares to the amount of $6,000,000 (in-
cluding the money already raised by the Chamber of
Commerce) would be offered to the public up to De-
cember 4th. Besides the general dividend one-
fifth of the receipts would be appropriated to thèse
shares. The fact that foreigners were in no way
interested in the enterprise was emphasized and it
was added that if a foreign engineer was employed to
survey the line a Chinese engineer would be associa-
ted with him. The public were also assured of the
certain financial success of the undertaking and the
appreciation of the shares.
The appeal hes produced no effect. The offi
cial director and his colleagues are hoping to raise
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a large part of the capital in Shanghai and the
Straits Settlements.
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