CO129-332 - Public Offices & Others - 1905 — Page 154

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the Port of Kowloon should, when conpleted, be worked as

though they formed part of one undertaking

And whereas the terms and conditions on which the said

sections when completed are to be worked have been agreed by

and between the Imperial Chinese Government and the Govern-

ment of the British Colony of Hongkong and a copy of the

document expressing such agreement is, as the Imperial Chinese

Government doth hereby admit and declare, set out in the

Schedule hereto (which document is herein called "the Working

Agreement"), and the terms and conditions of such Working

Agreement are declared to form part of this Agreement and be

binding upon the parties hereto.

Now it is hereby agreed by and between the parties

hereto as follows :----

ARTICLE 1.

The Corporation agrees to issue on behalf of the Railway

the Loan") Administration a sterling Loan (hereinafter referred to as

for an amount not execeding £

sterling on the terms and

conditions hereinafter contained. Imperial Chinese Government

Bonds are to be issued for the entire sum similar to the Bonds of

the Shanghai Nanking Railway with the Railway as first mortgage security therefor. The Loan shall be issued as a whole or in two or

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