CO129-356 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1909 [4-6] — Page 152

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Covenant management after the initial organization was completed. The Board would possibly be of considerable effective aid at ...

The ink blots of ... on ... during ... at one time pressed out: the gr ... first, but it would gradually grow in importance when the larger ...

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... questions were settled, and it had obtained the confidence of both Governments, and with the growth of this mutual co-operation it is possible that it would be found feasible to substitute one Traffic Manager for the whole line, paid proportionally by each Section, and under the orders of the Board.

The present object is to devise a system capable of such modification and expansion and not to stereotype an inelastic one incapable of modification and which can only be altered by substituting something wholly different.

It will be remembered with reference to paragraphs 1 and 2 that the Chinese Section will have itself to devise a Working Agreement with the Canton-Hankow Line and that it is an essential condition of success to the British line that it also shall share in the through traffic over the Hankow line North of Canton. I have thought it best to give my own opinions, in spite of my ignorance of Railway technicalities, but I have done so only with the view of inviting criticism and eliciting the opinion of the Board. It must be borne in mind that the Chinese are very astute, and are adepts in twisting any Agreement to their own advantage and that if they are accorded any position ...

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The text appears to be a draft or discussion document related to the management of a railway, likely the Canton-Kowloon Railway, involving cooperation between British and Chinese sections. The original OCR output contained numerous errors and missing characters, which have been corrected or indicated with "..." where necessary.

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1 permanent

Covenant management after the initial organization was completed. The Board would possibly be of considerable effective aid at ...

The ink blots of ... on ... during ... at one time pressed out: the gr ... first, but it would gradually grow in importance when the larger ...

... of errors.

Bruton ... JeronastX ...

... questions were settled, and it had obtained the confidence of both Governments, and with the growth of this mutual co-operation it is possible that it would be found feasible to substitute one Traffic Manager for the whole line, paid proportionally by each Section, and under the orders of the Board.

The present object is to devise a system capable of such modification and expansion and not to stereotype an inelastic one incapable of modification and which can only be altered by substituting something wholly different.

It will be remembered with reference to paragraphs 1 and 2 that the Chinese Section will have itself to devise a Working Agreement with the Canton-Hankow Line and that it is an essential condition of success to the British line that it also shall share in the through traffic over the Hankow line North of Canton. I have thought it best to give my own opinions, in spite of my ignorance of Railway technicalities, but I have done so only with the view of inviting criticism and eliciting the opinion of the Board. It must be borne in mind that the Chinese are very astute, and are adepts in twisting any Agreement to their own advantage and that if they are accorded any position ...

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1 permanent Covenant management after the initial organization was completed. The Board would possibly be of considerable effective aid at ... The ink blots of ... on ... during ... at one time pressed out: the gr ... first, but it would gradually grow in importance when the larger ... ... of errors. Bruton ... JeronastX ... ... questions were settled, and it had obtained the confidence of both Governments, and with the growth of this mutual co-operation it is possible that it would be found feasible to substitute one Traffic Manager for the whole line, paid proportionally by each Section, and under the orders of the Board. The present object is to devise a system capable of such modification and expansion and not to stereotype an inelastic one incapable of modification and which can only be altered by substituting something wholly different. It will be remembered with reference to paragraphs 1 and 2 that the Chinese Section will have itself to devise a Working Agreement with the Canton-Hankow Line and that it is an essential condition of success to the British line that it also shall share in the through traffic over the Hankow line North of Canton. I have thought it best to give my own opinions, in spite of my ignorance of Railway technicalities, but I have done so only with the view of inviting criticism and eliciting the opinion of the Board. It must be borne in mind that the Chinese are very astute, and are adepts in twisting any Agreement to their own advantage and that if they are accorded any position ... Page ... ... The text appears to be a draft or discussion document related to the management of a railway, likely the Canton-Kowloon Railway, involving cooperation between British and Chinese sections. The original OCR output contained numerous errors and missing characters, which have been corrected or indicated with "..." where necessary. was removed as per rule 12. Here is the revised response in HTML format as requested: 1 permanent Covenant management after the initial organization was completed. The Board would possibly be of considerable effective aid at ... The ink blots of ... on ... during ... at one time pressed out: the gr ... first, but it would gradually grow in importance when the larger ... ... of errors. Bruton ... JeronastX ... ... questions were settled, and it had obtained the confidence of both Governments, and with the growth of this mutual co-operation it is possible that it would be found feasible to substitute one Traffic Manager for the whole line, paid proportionally by each Section, and under the orders of the Board. The present object is to devise a system capable of such modification and expansion and not to stereotype an inelastic one incapable of modification and which can only be altered by substituting something wholly different. It will be remembered with reference to paragraphs 1 and 2 that the Chinese Section will have itself to devise a Working Agreement with the Canton-Hankow Line and that it is an essential condition of success to the British line that it also shall share in the through traffic over the Hankow line North of Canton. I have thought it best to give my own opinions, in spite of my ignorance of Railway technicalities, but I have done so only with the view of inviting criticism and eliciting the opinion of the Board. It must be borne in mind that the Chinese are very astute, and are adepts in twisting any Agreement to their own advantage and that if they are accorded any position ...
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