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Enclosure

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RECR

15 FEB 11

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Council Chamber, 29th. November, 1910.

Present.

Messrs. Chao Ching-hua, Liu Chếng-ch'ang, Kwok Fung-i, E. s.

Lindsey an C. Clementi.

Mr. Chao handed us a revised draft of the

Chinese Government's proposals. We read this through and then in

connection with clause 8 commenced a discussion of through rates.

We proposed that through expresses from Kowloon and Canton should

stop only at Sher Chun and Cheklung: and that the rates should

be as follows:-

Kowloon to Canton.

$0.70

3rd. class

2nd. class $2.00

1st. class

$6.00

Kowloon to Sheklung.

$1.00

$2.50

$6.00

:

and that for intermediate stations the sum of the local rates of

each section should be charged. Those rates were proposed in order to meot water-borno competition. To also proposed that there should be no reductions on 3rd. class return tickets and

tlet for 2nd. and 1st. class return tickets a fare and a half should be charged. Fe further proposed that (a) on perishable goods carried by through express such rates should be charred as would enable the railway to meet water-borne competition: that (b) on ordinary goods, such as classes Sa, Sb, and Sc in our classification, a rate of $1 per ton should be charged as & minimum between Canton and Kowloon: and (c) that the rates for the higher classifications in the goods traffic should be fixed

pro rats on a competition basis.

fares and rates -

We further proposed that of all the above

(a) between Kowloon and Canton the British Section should take two-fifths, the Chinese Section taking three-fifths:

and

(b) between Kowloon and Cheklung the British Section should take one-half, the Chinese Section taking the other half.

Mr.