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tuird class ferry ticket from Kowloon to Dong kong la Z centa, of a Lad, close ticket 5 centa and of a lat. class ticket 15 conta, 373 These are the main factors governing the problem.
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I. The first method of division of foren proposed by the
24 of the original draft british Section la that/pere, raptu 17 spremant, a copy of which was landed to Kr. Tai lan, the then negotiator, by hr. Lindsey sad ayself on the bun. July, 1910. it was based on hypothetical allsage an: so-osiled "constructive ratom"; and, on applied to the octelules æx of ratos now agreed upon (from (1) supra), it wouli give the folloving resulta:-
Length of Chinese Beation ... smiles,
do. British Section 24 miles.
Cost of Chiness' Beccion per nils........../0,10%,00
from (3) supre
„770,000
Cost of British Section per aile ...
09
....210,503,000
7476,772
*
126 31.2+39
Therefore each british mile conta na nool 23 2.01 Qinese alles, and Lierefore the British hypothetical milenge ▪ 22 x 2.81 •* 61.82 milen. fumefore constructive rate ori, clage between longkong and
Canton - cents
out of
• 50.23 centu, i.c. * 41.82
21.29 the British Section takes 20.50 sai to Chinese action takeg 26.75. The division is therefore in a ratio of 40 per centum Brisachi. 60 per centias Chines, and this ratio will remain content for the 1st.
wd 2nd. classes as well.
Bailarly the constructivo rate (zw. class bobemen tion 10%, and dhaklung ☛ conte
7 01.04 • 50.43 cunts, i.e. out of
+30.0
*.X. Lae frizigh Seation takes $0.00 and the Chinese Gection bakon
05.6 por A.40. The division is therefore in a ratio of
44.4
Erilish to
per centum Cinese, and this ratio also will re:zin
and alusees. constant for the lat. and
The above offer was not, nosover, accepted by the Chineau tovarment, which rejected in toto bao agressen. at ori i odly (ufted by the ion, kong Gov-m-ant.
II. The nort British offer wide at a meeting between (r, dio, r. Lioleey wil myself at a mesting on the 2914. lovecker last, an
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