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the long run the centralization of control over the railways

will tend to a more efficient and uniform administration..

In conclusion, I would add that the question

of expenditure on railway construction is a very delicate one

to discuss with the authorities of the Board of Communica”

-tions, who are fully aware of the criticisms which have been

passed on the outlay which the British section of this particu-

-lar line has entailed, and who frequently adduce arguments to

show that railway construction, even in Great Britain, with

its Parliamentary and other legal requirements, does not con“

-trast so favourable as is generally supposed, with the methods

obtaining in China. Mr. Liang Shih-yi, the Director of Railways,

is admitted by foreigners who have made a special study of the

subject, to be exceptionally well-informed on all that apper-

-tains to railway administration and it requires an expert

knowledge, to which I can lay no claim, to try conclusions

with him on questions of this kind.

I have etc..

(sd.) J. N. Jordan.