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rather opt inistic about the Customs. This was the
one service which the Chinese had never expressed a
wish to destroy, and they could not help feeling that
the Chinese fully realized that if they abolished the
Foreign Inspectorate they would lose half their revenue.
(3) Kowloon-Canton Railway.
Sir C. Clementi emphasized the importance
of connecting the Kowloon-Canton Railway with the
remember Canton-Hankow route, and he begged us all to men that
for if any proposal s
up miqqe the completion of the
latter, a loop-line joining the two Railways was a
sine qua non. More than that he considered that if
the Canton Government were at any time willing to
loop line
construct the Resu in advance of the completion
of the Canton-Hankow Railway, the British Government
ought to put up the money.
Some doubt was expressed whether the loop-
line would serve any very useful purpose until the
Canton-Han k ow Railway was completed, and, as regards
the latter, it was well-known that the uncompleted
port ion ran through territory which presented grave
engineering difficulties and was also infested with
bandits. Sir C. Clementi was assured, however, that we
would bear Hong Kong's views in mind if ever an
opportunity arose to give effect to them.
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