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Enclosure 5 in Sir J. Jordan
COPY.
No.96.
sir,
's No. 86 155
of Delmar 20. ge
Девиан
विस Government House, 70695
ALC
C Hongkong,
12 MAR 1912
0304 22nd December, 1911.
REG 23 MAR 12
I have the honour to forward for your information the enclosed copy of a Memorandum dated the 2nd instant by Mr E.S.Lindsey on the subject of the claim to be made by this Government under clause 7(f) of the Working Agreement on
account of the suspension of through running of trains on
the Canton-Kowloon Railway.
2.
As stated by Mr Chao and Mr Moore who constitute
the Railway Administration in their joint letter enclosed
in your despatch of 21st December, 1911, through running was suspended from 1 p.m. on the 7th ultimo to the evening
of the 13th instant, and I enclose & Memorandum dated the
15th instant by Mr H.P.Winslow giving particulars of the claim on account of suspension of through traffic for that
period as calculated from Mr Lindsey's figures.
3. You will observe that, even if the claim for abnor-
mal traffic were ruled out, this Government might very reasonably have claimed a sum of $12,980 had allowance been
made for the expansion of traffic during the period of
suspension. I have, however, decided that I will only claim the sum of $7,482.50 which is the very minimum due
under the strict letter of the Working Agreement, and I shall be glad if, in presenting this claim to the Chinese
Authorities
His Britannic Majesty's Consul General,
CANTON
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