CO129-332 - Public Offices & Others - 1905 — Page 156

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built and equipped as economically as possible in accordance with the

best modern system and so as to comply in all respects with the

Working Agreement, it being hereby agreed that the Chinese

Administration shall secure the necessary land for a double line of

railway for the whole distance, as well as other facilities as required

for the purposes of the construction and working of the Railway in

accordance with the Working Agreement. The actual construction of

the Railway may be carried out either departmentally or through the

agency of contractors, or in whatever way shall appear most likely to

produce effective construction in the most economical manner.

When the Railway is completed if there is a surplus from the sale

of Bonds the said surplus shall be at the disposal of the Chinese

Government for redeeming the Bonds or to be placed through the

Director General in a bank on deposit for the purpose of paying

interest on the Loan or for other purposes with a view to being

beneficial to the Railway, all to be arranged at the proper time

between the Director General and the Corporation.

In all matters relating to the construction of the Railway it is

expressly agreed that particular heed shall be paid to the opinions

habits and ideas of the Chinese people, and that when practicable

Chinese shall be employed as far as possible by the Board of

Commissioners in positions of trust and responsibility in connection

with the Railway.

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