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ALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHIC- COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH-NOT TO

every way encourage the establishment

of railways

4.

in China.

Coneal - General Hughes, on his report on the trade of Shanghai for 1889

has drawn attention to the

expansion of foreign trade with China, and attributes this, to a Considerable extent at all events, to

the want of railways and means of Communication

Ale

generally.

ufero to the fact that from 1884

of Japan

to 1888 the foreign trade is said to have doubled, which he

dago may be attributed to the

system now

the beilway existing there.

In these remarks Tentirely

Concur

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Fatimat

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concur, and Jeannot but think that

he Mepoty's Government and the British Authorities in these parts, should do all in their power to

further the extension of railways in

China rather than in a

oppose them.

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any way

I may

add that I somewhat

fact to ace, and Major - General Barker

agrees

with me,

how the sustena

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a railway terminus at Kowloon would

affect the erection of the fortifications

alluded to,

More

particularly

boom those at Tolo Harbour which

well be

trobave

leas than soven miles

stified is no leas than

Bug.

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