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British Section will be twice as high as the rates charged
on the Chinese Section. This matter is made clear in the
attached extract from a minute by the Assistant Colonial
Secretary, dated the 22nd. of last January. In assessing
the cost of construction (e.g. "Capital Cost) all items
not actually and immediately necessary (even though in the
case of the British Section they may have been charged to
16
as for
the Railway Loan Account) will be eliminated,
instance any part of the Kowloon Reclamation not actually
in use by the Railway. Only land resumed from private
ownership and paid for is included.
I also desire to invite Your
Lordship's special attention to Article 28 of the draft
Agreement and in this connection I would refer to my Con-
-fidential Despatch of the 31st. ultimo. The connection
of the Kowloon-Canton line with the Canton-Hankow line is,
of course, a matter of vital importance to the success of
the undertaking. Articles 29 30 and 34 are also of
special interest.
5.
With regard to Article 31 of the
draft Agreement, I have the honour to explain that pro-
-longed discussions have taken place with Mr. A. H. Harris,
the Commissioner of the Imperial Maritime Customs for the
adjacent
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