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Plant

engines and a carriage washing shed with pits to

examine the hogies.

For outside stations I am only allowing one

building on one side of the line only with separate

quarters for the Station Master and Signaller.

For Taipo I am allowing a small goods shed with

jetty with ash pits and watering arrangements. These

latter may be necessary, but if engines are changed

at the Frontier, I think it might be possible to get

engines capable of negotiating the heavy grades

without watering at Taipo.

The $234,067/- booked against this Kain Head

represents the depreciated value of construction

plant after the construction is complata. In the

case of tunnel plant about 42% depreciation has been

charged against works. This is sufficient I consider

as the plant for the tunnel is not shipped about to

the same extent as Bridge Building Plant.

For Miscellaneous plant I have placed 50%

depreciation against works. A considerable quantity of this plant I consider will be taken over by Open

Line viz. Some of the Lancashire Boilers and

Tynamos for the workshops, the Loco Crane and Broad Guage Tank Locos for the goods yard as well as some

of the 2 ft. guage line for the interior of the

goods sheds.

I do not foresee much difficulty in getting

rid of the greater of the plant left over which will

be a great saving in capital Expenditure.

General Charges Under this heading is included general adminis-

tration charges in Hong Kong as well as Consulting

Engineers'

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