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Inclosure in No. 1.
TABLE showing Charges for the Conveyance of Goods and Passengers on the
Yünnan Railway.
Goods Tariff.
By truck-load of 5 tons, with the Company's liability limited to 100 dollars per ton.
[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.j
CHINA RAILWAYS.
CONFIDENTIAL.
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[July 9.]
SECTION 2.
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Goods of French or Indo- Chinese origin.
Goods of
every description.
Groceries,
Manufactured provisions, pre- products. serves, liquors,
Scc.
Dol, c.
Per ton.
Per ton.
Per ton.
Dol. o.
Dol. c.
From Haiphong to Mongtze
50 40
45 40
36 40
Amichou
48 40
39 80
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Hanoi to Mongtze
47 40
42 40
33 40
Amichou..
45 70
36 80
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From Mongtze to Haiphong
Tin.
40 40
Note. If the Company's liability only extends to that part of the journey which lies through Tonkin, and not to Yunnan, these rates are 40 cents per ton less.
Miscellaneous goods, with no stipulation
as to quantity and with full liability of the Company.
Varying according to the nature of goods
(Telegraphic.) R
No. 1.
Sir Edward Grey to Sir J. Jordan.*
Foreign Office, July 9, 1909. MY telegram No. 117 [of 29th June: Hankow-Canton loan]. At meeting held on 7th July Americans had agreed to accept 25 per cent. of Szechuan loan, with all the same privileges, including nomination of auditor and accountant, as the other groups, but, in view of their claim to 50 per cent, of Szechuan line, they regarded this as a concession, and asked for 25 per cent. also of 2,500,000l. for Hupeh section of Canton-Hankow line. The other groups replied that Americans finally they were unable to agree and must consult their Goverments. arranged to telegraph to Washington for authority to withdraw, and it was understood that they would support application.
At meeting held on 8th July Americans announced that their principals were not prepared to give way on this point, and meeting was adjourned sine die without negotiations being actually broken off.
On 7th July a general agreement with regard to future financial and railway business in China was signed between British, French, and German groups.
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* Also to Mr. Bryce, No. 108, Telegraphic, mutatis mutandis.
From Haiphong to Mongtze
Amichou
3
"
Hanoi to Mongtze
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32
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Amickou
From-
To-
Per ton.
Per ton.
Dol. c.
Dol. c.
34 07
90 49
36 32
96 34
30 43
80 48
32 68
86 33
Note. In the above tables Mongtze refers to the Pi-che-tchai station for that town.
Passenger Tariff.
1st class.
2nd class.
3rd class,
4th class.*
Dol. c.
21
31
Haiphong to Mongtze (Pi-obe-tchai)..
Amichou
32.99
Dol. c. 22 72
Dol. c.
Dol. C.
12 88
3.96
35 92
24 75
14 01
4 32
* Natives only are carried in the 4th class.
Note. The rates given above for goods and passengers are at present subject to a surtax of 10 per cent. owing to the lowness of exchange. All the rates are given in French dollars (piastres de commerce), of which It is understood that the official rate of exchange is at present (May 1909) 1 dollar = 2 fr. 40 c., or about 24. when the dollar rises to 2 fr. 60 e. this surtax will be abolished.
The ton referred to in the above tables is the ton of 1,000 kiloms.