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If this should be found to be impossible and it should

consequently prove necessary to fall back on an Agreement

for regulating the through traffic it would be worth while

considering the precedent formed by the Continental Railways

and so drawing the Agreement that it deals only with broad

principles leaving the details of the arrangement to be

determined on from time to time by a Joint Committee.

I regret that I am not able to give much useful

information in this Report. It is possible that a study

of the conditions prevailing in India or South Africa might

yield a precedent exactly to the point but my experience does

not extend to those Countries.

I am,

sir,

Your obedient Servant,

Bea

The Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office,

S.W.

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