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stock for Through Express Trains as laid down in Article 7 clauses c, d and e. The fares to be charged for tickets on such "Through Slow Trains", hereinafter included in the expression "joint-sectional fares", shall be the fares as shown in the joint-sectional fares schedules, and shall be uniform for passengers of every nationality and race.
11. In addition to the through tickets for the Through Express Trains, through tickets shall be issued for passengers of all classes and nationalities, whether by through or joint-sectional trains, from each Station on each Section to each Station on the other Section: the fares to be charged for such tickets, hereinafter included in the expression "joint-sectional fares", shall be the fares as shown in the joint-sectional fares schedules, and shall be uniform for passengers of every nationality and race: holders of such tickets will, if necessary, change trains at Shum Chun Station.
12. No discrimination will be allowed on either Section between passengers holding through tickets from any Station on one Section to any Station on the other and passengers commencing their journey at Shum Chum Station: but all passengers shall be accommodated and treated on a footing of equality in the respective classes for which they hold tickets.
13. Each Section will grant as far as possible the like facilities for the interchange of horses, dogs and chairs and vehicles as for passengers, subject to the provisions of Schedule D.
Goods Traffic.
14. The expression "Goods" means Coal, Minerals, Materials, Animals (except horses and dogs), and Merchandise exclusive of Passengers' Baggage, Mails and Railway Parcels, and "Goods Traffic" means the carriage of the same by railway.
15. Through goods trains shall be run between Canton and Kowloon, stopping only at Sheklung and Shum Chun and at such other centres as may justify the stoppage whenever sufficient traffic offers the waggons for such trains shall be supplied by the two Sections in the proportion of four Chinese Section waggons to one British Section waggon.
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16. In addition to such through goods trains as aforesaid, there shall be free interchange of goods traffic and the rolling stock for such traffic (except locomotives) between the two Sections at Shum Chun Station, and for the purpose of facilitating the transhipment of goods, whenever necessary, the Directorate will cause to be constructed a double goods platform at Shum Chun, so arranged that Chinese goods waggons may run alongside one side, and British goods waggons alongside the other side thereof, and also a sufficient number of sidings for the interchange of rolling stock: and the Chinese Section will permit British trains to run from the junction of the two railways to such platform and sidings and will also grant to the British Section sufficient accommodation on such platform for the necessary Railway and Customs staff for the effective regulation of the interchange of traffic upon payment of such equitable sum by way of rent as may hereafter be mutually agreed upon : the amount of such rent to be based upon the actual cost of the construction, including interest thereon during construction, and upon the cost of maintenance of the portion of such platform allotted for British use and of the connecting road and the sidings provided for British trains.
17. The Chinese Section shall provide a siding for the loading and unloading of goods at Shum Chan Market Town; goods conveyed to and from that siding from or to any point on the British Section shall be examined by the Chinese and British Customs Staff at Shum Chun Station and shall be shunted between the Market Town and the Station by Chinese locomotives, but shall not be transhipped at Shum Chun Station.
18. The interchange of goods traffic and rolling stock and the hire payable therefor shall be governed by the rules set out in Schedule C hereto attached: there shall be no discrimination between interchanged goods traffic and rolling stock and other goods traffic and rolling stock: each shall be afforded equal facilities and despatch.
19. Arrangements will be made by the Administrations of both Sections for the stabling, cleaning, oiling and repairing of passenger coaches and goods waggons employed in through traffic. The cost shall be borne proportionately to the mileage of the two Sections, and shall be accounted for monthly between the Sections as hereinafter provided.
20.-(1.) Terminal charges shall be levied for all classes of Goods Traffic on which they are scheduled at the rates laid down in the Rates Schedule referred to in Clause 27.
(2.) Whenever the construction of any special terminal facility is required by either Section for the purpose of receiving traffic of a special class which originates on the other Section, hereinafter called the "Sending" Section, the Receiving Section shall construct the facility at its own cost, if such traffic can be debited with reasonable terminal charges by the Receiving Section as a return on the cost of provision of such facility, or if such traffic is otherwise beneficial to the Receiving Section.
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