would give
to the British and 42 cents to the
397
Assimsing 300 Third Class Passengers in a train,
tha actual Division would be $84 to British and $126 to
Chinese. for each train run on the usual Running Powers
conditions the British would receive $67, and at eight
times this, as being the mount of trains that would
required to be run up and down, four each my as laid down
me in my letter of 18th July to the Honourable Celʊniml
Secretary, the British would have $536 a day without any
extra expense because the amount of staff and mainteNANGO
required for the Local Traffic would be sufficient to cope
with the extra vork involved.
The total income per annum
from this source would assuming 310 days
►qual $166,160.
Again taking the figures which I put forward in the letter
above quoted the total from the Cantom and back traffic,
first and second class might be put down at $500,000 per
Assuming two-fifths of this or $200,000 on the
British Section's sarning and 60 per cent of this as tha
payment for Running Expenses we get $160,000 more.
This
will bring up the British Section sarnings on account of
granting Running Powers to the Chinese to about $325,000.
to this, about $80,000 ns the net earnings from Local
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the income or the British Bection would be
1/20,000. In the