CO129-332 - Public Offices & Others - 1905 — Page 187

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Kowloon

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British

Control,

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And whereas as part of the terms of such loan agreement

(by which appellation it is hereinafter referred to) the Chinese

Government will come under an obligation to the Corporation in

consideration of its services in issuing the loan and superin-

tending the construction of the Chinese part of the railway to

allow to the Corporation a rebate or commission on the nominal

amount of the loan and to issue to the Corporation certain net

profit certificates and to pay to the Corporation a commission on the

cost of all materials purchased for the same part of the railway

whether during or after construction.

1.--THE railway although consisting of two parts one from

bounday.

Canton to the frontier of British-Kewives) which will be in Chinese

Territory and subject to the rights of the bondholders and of the

Corporation under the loan agreement belong to the Chinese

Government (and is herein called “the Chinese section") and the other

boundary

from such frontier to the Port of Kowloon which will

belong to the Hongkong Government (and is herein Hong kong

called "the British section") is to be constructed maintained and worked

as a single continuous railway so that trains shall run and traffic shall

be carried continuously throughout the whole line without break

or change.

2.---EACH of the Governments is to provide the necessary land

for its own section of the Railway and to be responsible for the

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