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distance of say 10 or 12 miles.
It is estimated that the cost of such a line would be considerable.
Between Canton and Kowloon, a railway has been mooted for long and some surveys were made on behalf of a syndicate. But the scheme seems to have been abandoned and nothing much was heard of it until quite recently when it again came under consideration and is, I understand, at present being discussed.
If a railway to connect Canton and Kowloon were built, there can be little doubt that such a line would greatly aid the development of the new territory, a factor by which it is surrounded, and is of great commercial and political importance as it is connected with the large commercial city of Southern China and her vast hinterland consisting of Canton and that belonging to it.
In the event of a main line being constructed to Canton, a branch line connecting to it would not be...
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