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divided in the ratio of 3 to 5, the British Section

would receive 30 cents for carrying the coolie 22

miles while the Chinese Section would get only 50 cents

for 100 miles or only cent per mile, which is the

actual cost in my opinion of carrying a 3rd class

passenger one mile.

The Chinese Section would get no profit at all

and I am therefore leaving such a division of profite

out of the question entirely and am going to base my

calculations on an. eran division by mileage.

This Railway enters into competition with water

carriage in "arious places along its length. The Chief Station is Canton, to which place the carriage

by water is extremely low and as I said before some

inducement such as greater speed must be held cut to

draw traffic to the line. The number of coolies

travelling however is so large that a very small

profit per mile mounts up to a good sim of money and

for reasons stated above this division of profits for

this traffic must be by mileage. I will enter into

figures later on.

Another centre of passenger traffic for which I

have got figures is Sam Chum a town of some importance

about one mile over the frontier in Chinese territory.

The "are by steamer from Hong Kong is 30 cents. The

first part of the journey is by stean launch and then

as the tide rery often does not allow of the steamer

reaching the landing stage, passengers have to tranship

into a stern wheel boat. The landing stage is about

This is a place to which much

a mile from the town.

higher rates per mile can be charged and yet easily gat

all the passengers.

In the first place owing to

shallow

eas