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1 be well to fix a special day and hour of each week for the meeting of the Emergency meetings could be held if necessary, or the Secretary would ers the previous day if there would be no business on a particular date.

er 11th, 1907.

G.V.F.

in Mr. Fiddes's suggestions except as regards railways. It seems to me says about the difficulty of dealing with the schemes of an old-established 'eylon applies with not less force to schemes for railways in the African [I should propose, therefore, not to refer projects for new lines or the Committee, except when it is a question of granting a concession for by private persons and the opinion of the Committee is desired as to the imposed.] But questions affecting the management of an open line (e.g., wers of the General Manger), should, in my opinion, be referred to the s they are generally independent of the local circuinstances and it is desirable dvantage of the combined experience of the Office in dealing with them. tre also questions relating to construction (e.q., whether a line should be lepartimentally or by contract, or how the Consulting Engineers should be } which it would be useful to refer to the Committee.

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ee with Mr. Fiddes on all points. With regard to Mr. Antrobus's minute at in brackets], should have thought that the construction of new lines by ethod was a matter for the Committee.

ber 11th.

H.B.C.

ot worth while, as a rule, to refer extensions of existing Railways in a Colony railways and paying its own way, to the Railway Committee. Such extensions er on finance than anything else and may come before the Finance Committee tates. But all applications for concessions for railways or extensions of de by private individuals or companies should go to the Railway Committee. aid elsewhere, I doubt whether small points as to rates or management of ways should be referred-in my judgment they should be dealt with in the

ber 12th.

F.J.S.H.

At once.

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