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Pamorardİ VAKA –

$1,400

370

$20

Enclosure 10 in Per J. Jordan

of

Sir J. Jordan's No 1466 February 20, 1912. 10695

February 8th, 12:MAR 1912)

On "cyesher 7th, 1011 the Ministry of

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belagra,bed to the "overner of Hongkong relR225 Mast 12

the gunning of traing on the "anton-Vosloon Railway mi>ht

be tempora-ily suspended from 1 p.t. on other 7th to

1 p.a. on Jurenber 10th in order to enable the line to be

ugod for the transport of troops, the loss in earninma to

be dealt with in accordanos with the Working Agreecent.

Mis acullene) suspended the ordinary train service

In compliance with the request of the Ministry of "comuni-

Dee 7K cations and on ember/is Majesty'e "ipieter informed

Cas latter by letter of the action taken.

Sir John Jordan is now in receipt of a further com-

muniuriion from the "overnor of Yongkeng to the affect thab, owing to the disturbed esate of the életriols through, which the line rund, it waɛ not possible to resume through traffic until December 14th.

Artiole (vii) f. of the Torking Agreement providne that compensation for suspension of traffic shall be paid T she foverment requesting such suspension at a daily

rate of half the average gross roeipts of the other sac- tion on through traffic. The average grond receipte on though traffic of the British section for the month pre- coding November 7th amounted to Eleven Thousand Tour Hun- dred and fixty Tve Dellars or Three Hundred and feranty Dollars per diem and in addition there was A Bum of some

Tventy Dollars per diem received as con, enuntion for late trains under Article 22 of the Working Agreement, which

being