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Suspension of Agreement.
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40. Should either party to this agreement be temporarily unable at any time owing to war or rebellion to fulfil the provisions and conditions thereof, each party shall after due and reasonable notice withdraw all plant which belongs to it from the Section of the other party and own Section independently of the other, arranging for the closing of the books and accounts up to the may work its date of temporary suspension of this agreement. sion is removed, the provisions of this agreement shall forthwith come into operation again. Joint So soon as the cause of such temporary suspen- rolling stock (if any) shall be withdrawn by each Section in proportion to its actual mileage, due consideration being given to fair distribution with regard to age and condition of the stock at the time of withdrawal.
Commencement and Term of Agreement.
41. This agreement shall come into force on the day on which the Chinese Section is declared open for traffic from Canton to Shum Chan and shall continue in force for five years from that date and thereafter from year to year, unless either Government shall notify to the other Government its desire to determine it, in which case it shall cease to operate on the expiration of one year from such notification. No alteration or modification shall be made in this agreement except with the full con- sent and approval of the two Governments but all matters by them expressly left to the agreement of the two Railway Administrations may be arranged between the Chief Managers of the two Sections without reference to either Government.
Western Calendar.
42. The word month whenever used in this agreement means Western Calendar month.
English and Chinese Texts.
43. The English and Chinese Texts of the present agreement have been carefully prepared; but,
in the event of there being any difference in meaning between them, the sense as expressed in the English Text shall be held to be the correct sense.
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