CO129-376 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1911 [3-4] — Page 549

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18th. January, 1911.

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Sir,

I have the honour to address you with regard to the

agreement to be drawn up for joint working of the Chinese and British Sections of the Kowloon-Canton Railway. The proposals you made in our last interview that the number of carriages to be provided by each section should be in the proportion of two to eight, and that the receipts are to be divided between the two sections in the propor- -tion of four to six, have been telegraphed to the Head of the Rail-

-way Department for his consideration, together with the scale of

fares suggested by you for the 1st. and 2nd. class passengers travel-

-ling between Canton and Kowloon and between Tung Kwun and Kowloon,

and the Goods Tariff.

I have now received a telegram in reply from Peking

stating that with regard to the question of providing carriages, the

following two suggestions contained in Sir F. H. May the Colonial

Secretary's letter dated 5th. October, 1908, to Mr. Grove, the Chief

Engineer of the Chinese Section, may be adopted, viz.:-

(1).

Both Sections should each furnish itself with the

number of locomotive engines it requires. At the Station which con-

-nects the two sections, the locomotive engines must be changed.

(2). In case of Through Trains, both Passenger and Goods Trains should be able to run through from one section straight to the

other section, so that passengers need not change over to new carri-

-ages at the Border Station. The number of carriages to be provided by

each section should be in accordance with the mileage of the section,

1.8. in the proportion of one to four, as the British Section measures

21 miles and the Chinese Section 881 miles.

The proposal as to the receipts of the line to be divide between the two sections in the proportion of four to six is dis-

-approved.

As regards the suggested scale of passenger fares, the

3rd. Class fare is considered too low, and if it is adopted, the car- -riages