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following despatch from the Board of Communications at Pukingi- "I have received instructions from the President of this Bour to the offct that, as this Canton-Kowloon Railey will shortly bo opened to traffic, it is essential to have the line connecti with the south end of the Canton-Hankow Railway, wit.. tho uspcctation of a daily increase of passengers and woods traflic. Posides giving instruction to the Canton-Hanko, Railway to act eccordingly, I write this for your information."
In the final draft of the Joint Jorking hgredient et o Kotloon-Ganton Railway, section 38 road as follows:- "Win tim Cinse Governant constructs a line fro: Canion to Tanko
i connects it by a loop-ling with the Railway (i... the No loon-Carson Railway) in accordance with its declared int.asic rulus for the interchange of traffic and rolling stock and for through bookings and througi. rates shall be sotiled by do Aulainistrations of the British and Chinos. Sucuions of L Kowloon-Canson Railway wit. the Administration of Canton-
Hakow Railway, end the Britisil Section of the former Railway shall be a party to any agrocent made for through traffic from the latter Railway to the port of Hong Kong and vice verse". Unfortunately this draft agroumont was over signed, buceusu 1.. October, 1911, the very month in which through traffic over th railway botoon Koloon and Canton began, a revolution broku o at Fenkow which resulted in the abdication of to Manchu dynaci in February, 1912. However, during the years 1910 and 1911, ab
the request of r. Liang Shih-yi, thon Director-General of Railways, the plans prepared for the loop-line by Ir. Grove wer made over by him topporarily to the authorities of the Canton- Hankow Railway and som survey work was done by their staff. A rumour reached Mr. Grove, early in 1911, that the land-widtas woro Marked out and that some opposition to purchases of land had occurred at the Sai-Chuen end. About 90% of the land nucded for the Junction Line was actually purchased by the authoritius of the Canton-Hankov Railway. But, after that, the whole matter :