CO129-329 - Governor Nathan - 1905 [7-12] — Page 577

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Kawlson Canton Railway Summers (5

Parliminary Serosy off Britick Perritory.

Engineion Resport

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To this envellency The Dovernor of Hong Kong

Major Sir Mathew Nathan R.2. K. C. 3.

Sir

Kowloon. 20th October 1905

Ser

In accordance with, and in fulfillment- of the instructions I precived from the Consalting Engineers for this Railway, John Walfe Barry & Partners, under

I now have the honour

behalf of

10

Quay ngo

to lay before your

of

the

only

Excellency,

plate

Terika.

the Consulting Engines, the following report on the individual and comparative suurik

three practicable lines of for the construction of a single live, Shandard gauge, adhesion railway, through the Rew between Rawlson and Rotu Ferry

/ritory,

on the Sham Chun River.

These those routes are as

(a)

The high

follows:

level action Route via Tide love

(Surayed in 1899 for the British & China Corporation

by P.T. Somerville Large M.S.C.2). Rafil The low level Eestion Route via Tide Cove

suggrated by Your Excellency.

RAZ. 2 The Westion Route following the West

coast from Kowloon via sem Here Plans, Sections, and estimates, for Railways

accompany

this report for

Je aus f. 2 and 3

Your Excellency's consistration, and

perhaps

guidance in deciding upon the route to be adopted.

I have been over all these routes

(1)

Quel

have

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