CO129-334 - Governor Nathan - 1906 [5-7] — Page 68

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2.

The course of this Railway as

indieated in the issue of the tghe Wan Po* of the 2nd.

April would be the same as far as Shak Lung as that which

must be followed by the Railway from Canton to Kowloon,

3.

Article 17 (3) of the draft final

Loan Agreement for the Canton-Kowloon Railway following in

this respect,/in accordance with the provisions of the

Preliminary Agreement of March, 1699, between the British

and Chinese corporation and the Direster-General of the

Imperial Railway Administration,)

the corresponding article

of the final Loan Agreement for the Shanghai-Nanking Rail-

-WAY:

lays down that without the express consent in writing

of the British and Chinese Corporation no other rival

Pailway detrimental te the business of the Railway dealt

with in the Agreement is to be allowed to the injury of

the latter's interest within the area served by the Rail-

-way or any of its branch line.

According to this Artiale the

construction of the proponed Railway to happen independent

-ly of the line from Canton to Kowloon and without the

consent of the Corporation would be a breach of the Agreem

-ment of March, 1890, and I have the honour to suggest

BILBAO 2

that