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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
Reference :-
SIR,
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Enclosure 6 in No. 205.
Sir John Wolfe Barry and Partners to CROWN Agents.
21, Delahay Street, Westminster, S.W., January 25, 1908. Kowloon-Canton Railway-British Section.
WE have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 19th instant, and note that you agree with our opinion that it would be desirable that the railway should be constructed on the departmental system.
We now beg to give the following replies to the three questions contained in paragraph 3 of letter:-
your
(A) The gauge to be adopted would be 4 feet 8 inches, which is the gauge of the railways already built in China, and will be the standard gauge of the country. (B) The weight of rail provided for in our estimates is 85 lbs. per yard, which
is one of the British standard sections.
We note your views that a somewhat heavy section of rail is desirable with regard to the traffic expected, but consider that the section above referred to will be sufficiently heavy.
(c) We enclose herewith a list of the staff which we consider necessary for the carrying out of the work departmentally, with the probable remuneration required, calculated on a sterling basis.
This list, represents what we consider would be the maximum staff required when the carrying out of the works is in full swing, and in consequence so large a staff will not be required throughout the whole time necessary for the completion of the works.
We are, &c.,
J. Wolfe Barry,
For Sir John Wolfe Barry and Partners.
Storekeeper's Office :--
Storekeeper
1 Clerk at 75 dollars a month
2 Clerks at 50 dollars a month
319:
350
90
120
N.B.-The Locomotive Department has not been included in the above list, as
it will not be required for a year or so, and the question of how the British and Chinese sections are to be worked, whether joint or otherwise, may affect the issue.
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No. 206.
COLONIAL OFFICE to THE BRITISH AND CHINESE CORPORATION, LIMITED.
SIR,
Downing Street, February 3, 1906.
I AM directed by the Earl of Elgin to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 29th ultimo,* with regard to the Canton-Kowloon Railway, and to inform you that he is in communication with the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs on the subject.
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No. 207.
I am, &c.,
C.P. LUCAS.
KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY-BRITISH SECTION.
ESTIMATED LIst of Staff required and THEIR REMUNERATION.
C.O. 882
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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON
ALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHIC- COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH-NOT TO
GENTLEMEN,
COLONIAL OFFICE to CROWN AGENTS.
Downing Street, February 7, 1906. I AM directed by the Earl of Elgin to acknowledge the receipt of your letter
of the 26th ultimot respecting the method of raising the loan authorised by the Hong Kong Ordinances Nos. 11 and 12 of 1905.
With reference to paragraphs 2 and 3 of your letter, I am to observe that a copy of the instructions sent to the Governor was forwarded to you from this Depart- ment on the 11th November last, and that it would have been of advantage if the : criticisms which you now make on the latter of these Ordinances had been offered
at an earlier date.
The second paragraph of your letter is written under a misapprehension, as the sections of the principal Ordinance have been rearranged and renumbered under statutory authority; but, on other grounds than those mentioned by you, the Secre- tary of State concurs in your conclusion that it is not possible to raise any portion of this loan, under existing legislation, by a debenture issue.
In these circumstances, Lord Elgin agrees generally in your view of the pro- cedure which should be adopted. The only point on which he entertains doubt
is as to the propriety or expediency of issuing the new stock on the same lines as the existing stock, seeing that the latter was issued over 12 years ago and that the former would, in such a case, be repayable after so short a period as 12 years. But you will doubtless take this aspect of the matter into consideration before deciding on the conditions of issue.
Lord Elgin does not understand the enquiry in the last paragraph of your letter, seeing that the Ordinance No. 11 of 1905 authorises the Governor to borrow up to £2,000,000 sterling.
I
I am, &c.,
C. P. LÚČAS.
January 25, 1906.
Per
annum.
Chief Engineer, £1,200+ £200 allowances
£1,400
First Class Assistant Engineer, £800 + £200 allowances
1,000
Chief Engineer's personal Assistant, £500
£150 allowances
8650
Tunnel Overseer. £300 + £100 allowances
Chief Office :-
400.
Chief Accountant, 220 dollars a month, about Assistant Accountant, 150 dollars a month, about
264
180
1 Draughtsman
2 Draughtsmen at 50, dollars a month
120
1 Head Correspondence Clerk at 75 dollars a month
90
1 Correspondence Clerk at 50 dollars a month ...
60
1 Cashier at 75 dollars a month
90
1 Inspector
Tai Po Office :--
1 Draughtsman at 50 dollars a month
1 Cashier at 75 dollars a month
1 Inspector
Tunnel Office :→→
300
60
1 Correspondence Clerk at 50 dollars a month
60
90
800
1 Draughtsman at 50 dollars a month
80
1 Correspondence Clerk at 50 dollars a month
60
1 Cashier at 75 dollars a month
90-
...
4 Foreman Inspectors at £300 a year
1,200
2 Bricklayer Inspectors at £300 a year
600
No. 204.
↑ No. 200.
+ No. 157.
320