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shallow water it some times takes a whole day to go
from Hong Kong to Sam Chun, and then the passengers
hare to walk about a mile. The Railway will bring
passengers there in about 75 minutes and land them ruch nearer the village. The distance from Hong Kong is
about 23 miles of which only one mile is on the
Chinese Section. For this reason the British Section must have the power to quote a high rate say 14 cents
per mile for 3rd class passengers.
Shek Lung is in a similar position, but I have
not been able to obtain any figures for the traffic
between Hong Kong and this place. At present any one
wanting to travel between Shek Lung and Hong Kong
must tranship at Wangpoa and would probably have to
pass through Canton.
There is another place to which a fair number
of passengers go per day namely to Sha U Ching in Miró
Bay. At present to reach this place they have to
go by launch through Lyemoon Pass and the sea is
often very rough. The fare is about 60 cents for
the trip. When the Railway is open, they will travel
by rail to Taipo and go by launch from there "oiding
the rough sea met with Bast of Lyemoon. Very much
more than 1 cents a mile could be charged to passengers
booking through to Sha U Ching, but I would not
advise this unless the Railway care to start running
the launch. I do not think the ordinary passenger travelling to Taipo would pay more than this amount.
From this you will see that the rates per mile
for the 3rd clase passenger must vary according to the way in which there is competition with the steaners and I will endeavour to prove that with cereful
adjustment
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