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other hand the inhabitants must not make pretexts

for obstructing the railway or spread rumours.

If there is any hostile combination, the company

can appeal to the local officials to issue a pro-

clamation of warning, setting forth that the con-

struction of the railway has for its object the

promotion of commerce and the revival of agricul-

ture, and that the people must follow their call-

ings in peace and on no account stir up trouble.

The

(XI) All labour required for making cuttings,

digging, carrying, and filling in earth, and carry-

ing materials, must be hired on the spot.

manner of engagement shall be for the company to

apply to the gentry of the community to fix the

wages to be paid.

(XII) Police and watchmen to guard the line,

and watchmen for the buildings required in connec-

connection with the railway, must all be Chinese,

and the men over them must be selected by the Chinese

officials.

(XIII) The railway company agree to provide

funds wherewith to erect buildings at the principal

stations where all merchandise entering or leaving

Chinese territory may be examined by the Chinese

Maritime Customs for payment of duty.

(XIV) When the whole line or a section thereof

shall have been completed, the company shall ask

the Director General of Railways and the Portuguese

Consul-General at Canton to make a communication in

this sense to the Governor General of the Liang

tion

Kuang.

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