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provisions and conditions of the Agreement,
each party shall, after due and reasonable
notice, withdraw all plant which belongs to
it from the section of the other party and
may work ite own section independently of
the other, arranging for the closing of the
books and accounts up to the day of the aus-
pension or this Agreement
This article may have been overlocked by the British section of
the railway when formulating their olala.
5. To sum up, I sympathise with the Government of the Colony
in the inconvenience and material loss repeatedly caused to them
by the interruption of through-traffie by civil disturbances
affeating the Chinese section, but in view of the terms of the
working Agreement, I cannot avoid grave doubts as to whether a
claim for compensation can properly be held to lie against the
Chinese erernment
6. Moreover, I think that the Government of the Colony pro-
bably share my view that, in view of the present financial
difficulties of the Cuiness milways, it would be invidious to
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