1. A thorough survey should be made of all projected lines.
2. In the case of railways under official management which are still unfinished, a time limit should be fixed by the Board for their completion. This provision does not include the Tien-tsin-P'u-k'ou, Hankow-Canton and Szechuan-Hankow lines, which are under the direction of directors-general.
3. As regards railways under commercial management it will be the duty of the Board to see that they are completed within a reasonable time, and failing this, to make other arrangements.
Another matter requiring special attention is the question of the repayment of foreign railway loans.
As regards telegraphs, telephones, &c., many steps have to be taken with a view to improving the service and putting it on a profitable basis.
The Board then give a list of the measures already carried out and those which they propose to take year by year.
Measures taken in the 34th year of Kuang Hsü (1908-9).
Completion of the following lines: Shanghae-Nanking, Mên-t'ou-kou, and a branch line of the Swatow-Ch'ao-chou. The Huang-sha-Ying-tsui section (128 ) of the Hankow-Canton line completed (the whole line has now been transferred to the control of a director-general).
Commencement of the Tsitzihar-Angangch'i line.
Continuation of the following lines under official management: the Peking- Kalgan, Kaifeng--Honan, Canton-Kowloon, and of the following lines under commercial direction: Shanghae-Chia-hsing, Hangchow-Chiahsing, Wuhu-Kuangte, and Nanchang- Kiukiang.
Survey and enquiry into affairs of the Szechuan-Hankow, Honan-Tung-kuan, Hsian-T'ung-kuan, Tung--P', Kiangsu-Chekiang, Ch'aochou-Swatow, Hsinning, Huichow-Ch'acchou, Kuangsi, Fookien, Yunnan, Szechuan, Anhui, and Kiangsi Railways.
lines.
Survey of Kirin-Chang-ch'un, lehang-Kwei-fu, Cheng-Te, and Yen-Ch'ang
Repayment of Peking-Hankow Railway loan.
Conclusion of arrangement for the annulment of the Canton-Macao agreement, and annulment of the Hanpiac brauch line agreement.
Redemption of the commercial shares in the telegraph company. Establishment of various new telegraph lines.
Arrangements for reducing telegraph rates.
Officer sent to the Lisbon Telegraph Congress.
Reorganisation of the technical college at Shanghae and arrangements made for establishing a similar college under the Board,
Measures to be carried out in the 1st year of Hsuan Tung (1909-10).
Completion of the Kaifeng-Honan, Peking-Kalgan, Hangchow-Chiahsing, Hsinning and Tsitsibar-Ang-ang-ch'i lines.
Arrangement of a loan for the Kirin-Ch'ang-ch'un Railway. Commencement of the Kirin-Chang-ch'un, Szechuen-Hankow (Szechuen section), Honan-Tung-kuan (during this year at least 5,000,000 dollars of capital must be raised and one-third of the construction completed), Ch'ingchiang-Hsuchou, Hangchow-Ningpo and the Hupei section of the Szechuan-Hankow line. (This railway is under the control of a director-general).
Continuation of the Canton-Kowloon and other lines already commenced. Survey of the Kalgan-Sui-yuan-ch'ang and Kalgan-Urga lines. Engagement of engineers to survey the Kuanghsi and Yunnan railways. Arrangements for improving the Antung-Mukden line.
Survey of the Haichow-Ch'ing-chiang and Kaifeng-Hsuchou lines.
Reduction of telegraph charges by 20 per cent., involving a total sum of over 600,000 dollars.
Establishment of various new telegraph lines and improvement of others. Wireless telegraphs from Robdo to Sui lai.
Arrangements for establishing a new electrical college.
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Establishment of technical college under the Board.
Improvement of the telephones in Peking and elsewhere.
Measures to be carried out in 1910-11.
Arrangements for repayment of the Cheng-Tai Railway Loan in the following year, the total sum required being 40,100,000 fr.
Completion of the Nanchang-Kiukiang line. Commencement of the Hsi-an-Tung-kuan Railway.
Continuation of the Honan-Tung-kuan line. Capital to the amount of at least 10,000,000 dollars must be raised, and two-thirds of the line completed.
Continuation of other lines.
Survey of Urga-Kiakhta and Hsinmintun-Tsitsihar-Aihun line.
Preparations for establishing several new telegraph lines, including one from Szechuen to Thibet, a distance of over 2,000 li. The cost of the latter line will be met out of the grant for the development of Thibet.
Extension of telephones, &c.
Measures to be carried out in 1911-12.
Repayment of Cheng-Tai Railway Loan.
Completion of Ching-chiang, Canton-Kowloon, Nangchow-Ningpo, Changchow- Amoy lines.
Continuation of Hsin-Tungkuan line: capital to the amount of at least 2,600,000 taels must be raised, and two-thirds of the line completed.
Continuation of other lines, including the Honan-T'ungkuan, for which the full capital must be subscribed this year, and the construction approximately completed.
Commencement of the Tung-P'n Railway.
Survey of Hsian-Lanchow line, and of branch lines on southern railways. Establishment of works for the manufacture of electrical instruments, &c.
Various new telegraph lines to be established.
Preparations for installing wireless telegraphy along the coast.
Improvement and extension of telephone services.
Measures to be carried out in 1912-13.
Preparations for repaying the Kaifeng-Honan Railway loan, the total sum required being 41,112,500 fr.
Completion of Honan-Tungkuan, Kirin-Ch'ang-ch'un, and Wuhu-Kuangte. The Hsi-an-Tung-kuan line must be approximately completed and the total capital subscribed.
Continuation of other lines.
Survey of Lanchow-Ili line to be continued and surveys to be made of branch lines on southern and northern lines.
China to join the International Telegraph Convention. Construction of various new telegraph lines.
Measures to be carried out in 1913-14.
Preparations for repaying the Shanghae-Nanking Railway loan, a sum of 3,559,9317 being required in all.
Continuation of Szechuan-Hankow and other lines.
Survey of branch lines on eastern and western railways.
Construction of various new telegraph lines.
Extension of works for manufacture of electrical instruments, &c.
Extension of telephone systems.
Measures to be carried out in 1914-15.
Preparations for repaying Tao-Ching Railway loan, a sum of 797,7891. being
required.
Repayment of Shanghae-Nanking Railway loan.
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