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There was considerable delay in the drafting of these proclamations. The draft proposed by the Board of Communications for publication by the railway authorities having been shown to me informally by Mr. Liang, and altered to meet an objection of mine, I wrote to Prince Ch'ing on the 14th May consenting to a trial of the proposed tariff, on the understanding that the proclamations were issued forthwith. and that my request to make li-kin passes for land and water routes interchangeable would be renewed if the new scheme worked unfairly.
The Wai-wu Pu informed me on the 19th May that they had telegraphed to the Viceroy at Nanking and the governor of Kiangsu urging expedition in the issue of the proclamations, and I instructed His Majesty's consul-general at Shanghae to watch the matter on the spot. I learned by a telegram from Shanghae on the 4th June that a satisfactory proclamation had been issued but not yet posted, and I am now in receipt of a despatch of the 8th July from Sir Pelham Warren enclosing copies of the proclamation issued by the li-kin authorities and of a letter addressed by the li-kin office to the managing director of the railway on the same subject. Sir Pelham also informed me that the new tariff was fixed to come into force on the 17th instant.
The tenor of the li-kin office documents appears to me to be satisfactory, and it now remains to be seen whether the arrangement will prove as advantageous to the railway in practice as it would seem to be on paper.
Copies of the correspondence referred to in this despatch are enclosed herewith. for your information.*
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