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telegraph stations, the Company agrees to furnish the Government with the necessary funds for such purchase and erection to the amount of 200,0002., and the Government now places an order with the Company for three Marconi are wireless telegraph stations of the latest type, each of a transformer input of 25 K.W., and having a guaranteed daylight range of 700 miles.
2. Each station is to be complete in all particulars, and to be specially designed so that the maximum weight of any one parcel shall not exceed 350 lb. to facilitate inland transportation in China. Each station shall comprise a complete generating unit capable of developing and maintaining a 25-K, W. load from the terminals of the alternating current generator, and the direct current dynamo shall have sufficiont capacity to supply current for ten 60-watt lamps for lighting purposes. Engines are to be petrol-driven and supplied with mechanical or electrical starters, petrol tank, and adequate cooling provisions. Switchboard to be supplied with all necessary switches, controlled rheostats, measuring instruments, fuse terminals, fuses, and a supply of the latter for renewals.
The wireless transmitter to be of the latest type, and the manipulating key to be free of danger to the operator.
Receiver to be of the latest amplifying valve type capable of receiving undanped as well as damped waves.
All the spare parts usually supplied to isolated wireless stations to be furnished, and, in addition, spares for the receiver shall consist of twelve extra valves, two low voltage batteries for filament, and two high voltage batteries for oscillating circuits to each station.
Each station to be supplied with three steel lattice towers 300 feet in height, together with all necessary thimbles, shackles, triatic stays, spreaders, and insulators. Aerial to be made up in conformity with the best and latest practice, and sufficient surplus of antennae wire to be furnished for normal repairs.
Earth capacity to follow the best practice, and all material therefor to be supplied by the Company.
A kit of tools for maintenance and normal repairs shall be supplied to each
station.
Detailed specifications with prices of every item to be furnished as soon as obtain- able by mail from London, and each station shall be provided with full wiring diagrams together with complete working instructions for each unit,
It is understood that the three stations hereinabove ordered will be erected at Kashgar, Urumchi, and Lanchowfu respectively, and that the Company guarantees the equipment supplied to be capable of establishing continuous (ie., day and night) communication between Kashgar and Urumchi. But the distance between Urumchi and Lanchowfu being over 1,000 miles, the equipment is only guaranteed to be capable of establishing night communication between these two points, and should it later be found necessary to install an intermediate station at Hami or elsewhere to maintain daylight communication between Urumchi and Lanchowfu, the Government agrees to purchase the equipment therefor from the Company at the same price as that quoted hereunder. The Company will present to the Government a receiver of the latest amplifying valve type, delivery at Shanghai, freight and insurance paid, which shall be installed by the Government at their station at Sianfu for receiving from Lanchowfu, and, in consideration thereof, should the Government find that the trans- mitting apparatus to be installed by the Government at Sianfu is incapable of com- municating with Lanchowfu, then the Government shall purchase transmitting apparatus from the Company of the necessary power at the then market price of apparatus of the power required.
3. The price of each station to be 22,000, f.o.b. British port, and the total purchase price. 66.000, shall be deducted from the 200,000Z. hereinabove provided for. leaving a balance of 134.0007. to be advanced by the Company, in cash, to the Government when and as required to be expended for the transportation and erection of the three wireless telegraph stations hereinabove ordered and described. The said sum of 134,000, being subject to call when and as required for transportation, construction, and similar purposes, the amounts required from time to time shall be advanced upon receipt of written request from the official appointed for that purpose by the Government, and endorsed by the supervising engineer furnished by the Com- pany, but the Company is hereby given authority to make disbursements covering freight and insurance charges on shipments of equipment from British ports, such expenditure to be supported by proner vouchers. It is specifically understood that in advancing the said sum of 134,000., the Company does not guarantee this amount
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to be sufficient to meet transportation and erection costs, and that any additional money required for this purpose shall be furnished by the Government.
1. The said sum of 200.0007. shall be repayable in sterling in four equal anomal instalments beginning two and one and a half years from the date of arrival of complete equipment in Shanghai. However, the Government shall have the right to repay the whole or any outstanding balance of the said sum of 200,0001, at any time prior to the date or dates upon which such amounts are due, providing three months notice be given, in writing, to the Company of the Government's intention to inake payments in advance of due date.
5. As aforesaid, the sum of 200,000., is divided in the manner following:-
66,0007. f.o.b. British port.
134,0007, advance to the. Government toward transportation and erection
expenses.
Interest on 66,0007. at the rate of 8 per centum per annum is payable, in sterling, six months from the date the equipment herein purchased is delivered in Shanghai, and also interest at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum is payable. in sterling, on each amount advanced from the 134,000, for transportation and erection purposes. from the date each advance is made, all interest payments being due and payable on the 9th days of October and April of each year following the date of this agreement. Interest and principal shall be payable through a bank in Peking to be later appointed by the Company or through the London County and Westminster Bank in London.
6. For the purpose of supervising the erection of the three stations hereinabove ordered the Company agrees to furnish for three years a thoroughly competent wireless engineer experienced in the erection of stations similar to those referred to herein, the Government to pay said engineer's salary of Chinese silver dollars 800-00 per month from the date of his arrival in Shanghai, and to defray all travelling expenses from the time of his assignment until returned to London, and he shall receive all legitimate travelling expenses that he may incur.
The said engineer shall be placed at the disposal of the Government in China, within five months after the execution of these presents, to be available for consulta- tions with officials of the Government regarding the selection of sites, purchase of material, &c., before construction work commences,
7. The said supervising construction engineer shall have full authority over all subordinate construction engineers appointed by the Government, but shall report and be responsible to the official in Peking of the Department of Communications designated by the Government who shall, however, have the right to appoint an auditor to accompany the construction gang, to approve purchases and disbursements made by the supervising engineer in behalf of the Government. The above terms and conditions of employment of the engineer shall be embodied in an agreement of employment in the form in use by the Board of Communications in respect of foreign employees, to be signed by the engineer upon arrival.
8. The Company agrees to have all equipment for the three stations ready for shipment from a British port within six months from the date of this agreement. unless the Company's works are prevented so doing by emergency war orders of Allied Governments.
9. The Company agrees to indemnify the Government through a responsible agency acceptable to both parties in the event that the completed stations fail to Communicate between Kashgar, Urumchi, and Lanchowfu as specified in clause 2 hereof, such indemnity not to exceed the amount accruing to the Company under this agreement, such guarantee in writing of the responsible third party to be in the hands of the Government before the date the equipment arrives in Shanghai.
10. The Government agrees to arrange all transportation facilities, to purchase all necessary construction material, and to select the most reliable and experienced engineers at their disposal at the earliest possible moment in order that the three stations herein purchased may be completed without undue delay.
11. This agreement shall be executed in two exemplars each of Chinese and English versions. In case of discrepancy or in the event of doubt arising regarding the interpretation of this agreement the English version shall rule. Immediately after execution this agreement shall be officially communicated to the British Minister in Peking by the Wai-chiao Pu
In witness whereof this agreement is signed on behalf of the Government of the Republic of China by the Ministry of Communications, and sealed with the seal of
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