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suspension of through traffic, from the 7th November to
the 14th December, 1911, in consequence of the Chinese rebellion, and also to the lateness of trains.
I am informed that these claims have been settled, through the British Minister in Peking, by the acceptance from the Chinese Government of the sum of $5608.41.
5.
A few questions of minor importance in
connection with the accounts of 1912 still await final
settlement.
COLONIAL AUDIT DEPARTMENT,
April, 1914.
phenson.
Director of Colonial Audit.