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Commencement and Term of Agreement.
30. This agreement shall cone into force on the day on which the Chinese Section is declared open for traffic from Canton to Sham Chan and shall continue in force for five years from that date and thereafter from year to year, unless either Government shall notify to the other Government its desire to determine it, in which case it shall cease to operate on the expiration of one year from such notification. No alteration or modification shall be made in this agreement except with the full con- sent and approval of the two Governments but all inatters by them expressly left to the agreement of the two Railway Administrations may be arranged between the Chief Managers of the two Sections without reference to either Government.
Western Calendar.
40. The word month whenever used in this agreement means Western Calendar month,
English and Chinese Teats.
41. The English and Chinese Texts of the present agreement have been carefully prepared; but, in the event of there being any difference in meaning between them, the sense as expressed in the English Text shall be held to be the correct sense.
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