CO129-332 - Public Offices & Others - 1905 — Page 189

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TuE quantities of land required the number position and

character of stations the provision of telegraphic service the positions

of sidings and all other details shall be settled between the two

Governments with the assistance of the consulting engineers and

shall be such that the line when constructed shall be a first-class

railway on the standard gauge of 4 feet 8 inches with all necessary

accessories for the working of the traffic which may be reasonably

expected thereon.

5. THE Construction of the two sections shall be of the same

substantial character to the satisfaction of the consulting engineers

and each Government shall be responsible for all defects of

construction which shall appear on its section during the period of

two years after the opening of the line.

6. THE rolling stock supplied by each Government shall be of

the same kind and be used throughout the whole line and shall be

provided by the two Governments and thereafter owned by them in

shares proportioned to the mileage of their respective sections.

7. THE date fixed for the completion of the construction and

equipment and for the opening of the railway is the

day of

190 subject to extension by agreement or owing to any

such circumstances of force majeure as hereinbefore referred to.

8.--BOTH during construction and afterwards during the working

of the line each Government shall keep a sufficient body of police to

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