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would give

to the British and 42 cents to the

397

Assimsing 300 Third Class Passengers in a train,

tha actual Division would be $84 to British and $126 to

Chinese. for each train run on the usual Running Powers

conditions the British would receive $67, and at eight

times this, as being the mount of trains that would

required to be run up and down, four each my as laid down

me in my letter of 18th July to the Honourable Celʊniml

Secretary, the British would have $536 a day without any

extra expense because the amount of staff and mainteNANGO

required for the Local Traffic would be sufficient to cope

with the extra vork involved.

The total income per annum

from this source would assuming 310 days

►qual $166,160.

Again taking the figures which I put forward in the letter

above quoted the total from the Cantom and back traffic,

first and second class might be put down at $500,000 per

Assuming two-fifths of this or $200,000 on the

British Section's sarning and 60 per cent of this as tha

payment for Running Expenses we get $160,000 more.

This

will bring up the British Section sarnings on account of

granting Running Powers to the Chinese to about $325,000.

to this, about $80,000 ns the net earnings from Local

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the income or the British Bection would be

1/20,000. In the