CO129-391 - Acting Governor Claud Severn Governor Sir May - 1912 [7-8] — Page 478

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GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONGKONG, 31st. August, 1912.

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Sir,

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onclosure 1.

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In accordance with the request contained in

para raph 2 of your Despatch llo. 343 of 1st. November, 1911, I have the honour to transmit a Report by the Lenager of the Railway upon the Fanling Branch of the Kowloon-Canton Railway together with a statement which shows the amount expended on the line to July, 1912. It is not possible at present to furnish a final statement of expenditure as an additional locomotive and certain rolling stock have still to be purchased.

Conclosure 2.

2.

I attach a statement shoving the earnings of

Fanling Branch Line fran January 1st. to June 30th., 1912.

In a minute covering his report tile Lanager

3.

of the Railway states:-

"The Traffic has been worked with Open Coaches built on the underframes of some old tip wagons with sonts down the contre offering no protection from the weather. Al- -though we show a loss of $1,098 for the half year, June and July have shown a marked improvement, and I am hoping that the loss will at any rate be reduced by the end of the year. Enquiries through our Traffic Canvasser as to the require- -ments of the villagers have elicited the fact that they did not like the shaking of the present coaches and would not

allow

M RICHT HONOURABLE

LETS MARCOURT, 1.P.,

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