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control will not come to the birth and lastly the way ill be open to a cure economic by working on the avoidance of all unnecessary or luxurious expenditure.
Under this plan, the jurisdiction and other interests of both contracting parties could be duly provided for and properly safeguarded. Offences against Law and Order on British or Chinese territory would be dealt with by the competent authorities of either Government, provision for watch and ward personnel could be made by the Railway management.
There would then only remain the question of Rates and Fares and Division of working expenses.
In regard to traffic rates and fares, it is probable that a higher charge per mile would have to be levied for the short British section than on the Chinese section. It would of course be simpler to have a uniform charge per mile and effect a division of receipts and expenditure in some proportion, but the heavier cost of construction on the British section justifies a higher mileage rate and fare. That this increased charge should be a matter for careful consideration. It is idle to suggest that the respective mileage rates on the two sections will be in ratio