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considered that the claim was in any case
extremely weak legally and even if made on
grounds of equity it did not rest on a sound
legal basis and was not likely to succeed.
His Majesty's Government have so many large
and valid claims outstanding against the
Chinese Government that it would be injudi-
cious to put forward a claim resting on no
legal grounds and having no prospects of being
allowed.
In the circumstances the Secretary
of State informed the Governor that he
considered that the claims for suspension of
traffic must be abandoned.
(b) Demurrage.
The claims for demurrage of rolling
stock are based on Section 7 of Schedule C
of the Working Agreement.
Since 1925
demurrage accounts have been regularly
settled each year with the Chinese Section,
but there is still an unsettled claim to
the amount of $56,388 outstanding in respect
of 1923, 1924 and 1925. The liability on
this account was repudiated by the Chinese
Section in 1923 on the ground that the
demurrage was due to the suspension of
through trains and that the claim was therefore lodgeable direct with the Provincial Govern-
ment and not with the Railway.
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