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(h) Railway Loans—
British Peking-Mukden Railway Anglo-French: Peking-Hankow Railway Russo-Chinese: Chengting-Taiyan Railway British Taokow-Chinghna Railway
Ralance outstanding December 30, 1918. £
1,400,000
4,750,000
1,200,000
560,000
Franco-Belgian: Lung-Hai Railway
5,000,000
Anglo-German: Tien-tsin-Pukow Railway
7.750.000
British Shanghai-Nanking Railway
2,900,000
British Shanghai-Hangchow-Ningpo Railway
1,425,000
Anglo-American-Franco-German: Hukuang Railways
6,000,000
British: Canton-Kowloon Railways
1,500,000
32.485,000
7,885,000
18,500,000
British sole interests
British joint interests
The above figures are given by Mr. S. F. Mayers in his memorandum (Confidential Print 38784 of the 11th March, 1919).
To these may be added--
British Taokow-Chinghua Railway British Sinyang-Pukow Railway
800,000 3,000,000
3,800,000
and the following Japanese railway loans (see
"China Year Book, 1919-1920') :
£
Kirin-Changchun Railway
215,000
Hsinmintun-Mukden Railway
21,000
Kirin-fueining Railway
Peking-Hankow Railway
Nanchang-Kiukiang Railway
Ssupingkai-Chengchiatun Railway
Nanchang-Kiukiang Railway
Kirin-Changchun Railway
Kirin-Changchun Railway Ssupingkai-Chengchiatun Railway
...
1,000,000
500,000
500,000
230.000
650,000
53,000
260,000
1,000,000
4.439.000
300,000
?Peking-Suiyuan Railway
Sir J. Jordan, in his despatch No. 353 of the 25th July, 1918, gives the Kirin- Hueining loan as £2,000,000. In his despatch No. 546 of the 16th December, 1918, be adds--
Four Manchurian Railways (Japanese)
Two railways in Shantung
on which £4,000,000 were advanced on the 22nd November, 1919.
(c) General Loans—
£ 15,000,000
7,000,000
22,000,000
£
:
British Birch, Crisp and Co.
5,000,000
Consortium: First Reorganisation Loan
25,000,000
Consortium: Second Reorganisation Loan
1,000,000
First advance (Japanese)
1.000.000
Second advance (Japanese)
1,000,000
Third advance (Japanese)
1,000,000
Franco-Belgian Government Gold Loan, 1914
4,000,000
American-Japanese Grand Canal Loan
1,200,000
American Wine and Tobacco Loan
6,000,000
44,200,000
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To these should be added the Anglo-Danish Telegraph Company's Loan (Eastern Extension Company and Great Northern Telegraph Company), 1911, of £5,000,000 of which the balance outstanding on the 31st December, 1918, was £458.336, and the numerous Japanese loans. A list of these is given in Sir J. Jordan's despatch No. 353 of the 25th July. 1918. These amount to the total of £24,810,000, of which £19,843,000 have been contracted since the war. They include the railway loans mentioned above, and the advances to the Second Reorganisation Loan. Besides these the principal loans are:
Loans (1903-1913) to the Han-Yeh-Ping Company
Asiatic Development Company Loan, 1915
Loan to Bank of Communications, 1917
Chibli Flood Loan, 1917
£ 3,200.000
500,000
500.000
500.000
Grand Canal Loan (see above): Japanese share, 1917
500.000
Taihei Kumiai Arms Loan, 1918
1.400.000
Loan to Bank of Communications, 1918
2.000.000
Telegraph Administration Loan. 1918
2.000.000
Kirin-Heilungchiang Forest Loan, 1918
3,000,000
The Annual Report on China for 1919 states that in 1917-1918 the Central Government borrowed between £20,000,000 and £30,000,000 from Japan. The most recent borrowings have been:-
£
1920 advance by Japanese Banks Marconi Wireless Loan (British) Vickers' Aeroplane Loan (British)
900,000
600.000
1,800,000