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It will be a great day for this centre, I hope,
when through connection is established with Canton (and Hongkong) but I hope you fully realize that the
railway which will be provided in the near future will
fall very far short of a properly equipped line, even
as understeed in China.
of course, if the line is a financial success,
it can be rapidly improved out of revenue, if that
revenue is put to the proper use, but that is the
exception in this part of the world, where a very
prosperous railway is merely used as a mileh cow.
Yours faithfully,
(sed) F.C. Stem.
Acting Engineer-in-Chief,