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the whole period from November 7th to December 14th.
Article 39 of the Canten-Kowloon Joint Working
Agreement lays down that "In the event of any disturbance
"affecting the traffic of the Railway the Government on
"whose sectiun the disturbance cocurs shall be responsible
"for all loss (including the loss of maile) incurred by
"the other Government, #ta"
In their letter of December
19th to His Kajesty's Consul-General at Canton, the liab-
ility for compensation for the whole pariod during which
traffic was suspended, namely from November 7th to Dea-
ember 14th, is recognised in the most explicit terms by
the authorities of the Chinese Section themselves.
With regard to the alain for Seven Hundred and
Thirty Dollars, representing compensation, at the rate of
# 20
Twenty Dollars per diem for late trains under Article 22
of the Agreement, the Goverment of Høngkeng maintain that
this amount formed part of their regular gross receipts
and consequently should not be subjected to reduction.
His Majesty's Finister has, therefore, the
honour to repeat the claim already presented in his
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