CO129-344 - Public Offices & Foreign Office - 1907 — Page 644

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Chinese Railway Administration acting under

the authority of the Tsung-11-Yamen of the

one part and the British firm of Jardine

Matheson and Company for themselves and on

behalf of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking

Corporation of the other part jointly re-

presenting a British Syndicate adopting the

terms of the Preliminary Agreement signed

by the above mentioned contracting parties

on the 13th day of May 1898 for the financing

constructing and working of a railway from

Shanghai to Nanking as a Preliminary Agree-

ment for the construction and working of a

railway from Pookoo to Sinyang in the prov-

inces of Kiangsu Nganhui and Honan.

18th May 1899 - AN AGREEMENT of this date made between

their Excellencies Hsu and Chang duly auth-

orised to act on behalf of the Imperial Gov-

ernment of China of the one part and (A)

The Deutsche Asiatische Bank (B) the Hong-

kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation for

themselves

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