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Other lines in which Great Britain has a financial interest (see Appendix IX)

are:-

Miles.

1. Peking-Mukden

606

2. Peking Hankow

755

3. Tientsin-Pukow (Northern Section) (formerly German)

390

4. Taokow-Chinghua

95

5. Canton-Kowloon

112

1,958

Of British concessions which are not likely to materialise in the near future,

the Tengyueh-Bhamo line across the Burma frontier may be mentioned.

Great Britain does not own any of those railways in China, which are foreign concessions, and are entirely independent of Chinese control.

These are:-

1. Chinese Eastern Railway (Russian)

2. Yunnan Railway (French)

3. South Manchurian Railway (Japanese)

4. Shantung Railway (Japanese)

Milos.

1,073

288

697

284

2,342

Miles.

3. American—

Siems-Carey Concessions (1916) for

1,100*

(1.) Fengcheng-Ninghsiafu (Shansi-Kansu). (2.) Ninghsiafu-Lanchowfu (Shansi-Kansu). (3) Hengchowfu-Nanning (Hunan and Kwangsi). (4.) Ilangchow-Wenchow (Chekiang).

(5.) Kiungchow-Lohwei (Hainan Island).

2. The Hankow-Kweichow (Szechwan Railway, even-

tually running to Chengtu (in all)

1. The completion of the Canton-Hankow Railway

(in all)

759*

800*

An international concern, financed by the first consortium. (Anglo-American-Franco-German groups.)

4. Hukuang Railways-

APPENDIX V

SHIPPING IN CHINESE PORTS.

The Japanese concessions for railways in Manchuria and Mongolia are as

1903.

1913.

1919.

1920.

follows:-

Miles.

1. Changchun-Kirin-Hueining*

280

2. Ssupingkai Chengchiatung-Taonanfu*

182

No. of Entries and Clearances.

Total Tonnage.

No. of Entries and Clearances.

Toml Tonnage.

No. of Entries and Clearances.

Total Tounaga.

Tonnage.

3. Kaiyuan Hailungchen-Kirin*

250

4. Taonanfu-Changchun

180

5. Taonanfu-Chilfeng-Jehol

4701

Chinese

30,708

9,911,000

121,768

19,903,000

6. Point on Jehol Railway to a seaport

?

British

25,297

28,122,000 32,186

38,120,000

Japanese

7,554

7,965,000

American

1,736

559,000

1,362

German

6,424

French

2,596

7,310,000 1,178,000

Russian

For railways in Shantung:-

Total

765

77,012

569,000

57,290,000

22,716 23,422,000 2,458 898,000 5,382 6,320,000 1,020 1,282,000

471 3,265 1,687,000 2,803

190,738 93,334,000 209,754

137,575 27,089,000

36,074 36,234,000 40,315,000 27,182 27,531,000 28,191,000 4,433 2,589,000 4,718,000

27,653,000

414,000 $52,000 708,000

933,00€

93,725,000 104,262,000

Miles

1. Chefoo-Weihsien

2. Kaomi-Suchowfu, about

3. Tsinan-Shuntehfu, about

170

200+

200†

APPENDIX VI.

570

The Japanese are also financially interested in—

Aliles.

Peking-Hankow Railway

755

Nanchang-Kiukiang Railway

86

Peking-Suiyuan Railway

289

Other important foreign concessions are :—

Chinese

Miles.

1. Russian-

Pinhei Railway in North Manchuria

660

British Japanese German

48.24

8.58

38.58 21.29

22.55 22.08 21 32 40-84

25.88 26-85

40.28 41.55

SHIPPING.

Percentage of Tonnage in Chinese Purts.

1905. 1910. 1913. 1914. 1915. 1916. 1917. 1918. 1919. 1920.

28-25 28.31 26.52 37.89

25.10 24-59 26-33

27.53

26-58. 27-64

36.25 40-72 38-64

28-28 31.25

38.67

29.42 27.04

11.25 7.95

6·77' 3.46

-06

80-

-02

American

1.78

82

-96 1.06

-89

.91

1.30

1.25 2:10

4.52

2. Franco-Belgian-

French

2.34

5.55

1+32

.92

62

68

67

1

*28

-43

Yunnan-Kwangsi Railways (Yamchow, near Pakhoi-

Russiau

11

1.62

1-81

1.95

2-12

1-75

1.64

-98

-72

Yunnan-fu.

Yunnan-fu-Chungking)

1,000

Norwegian

4.02

1.23

-79

.77

.72

-55

· 31

31

Tatung-Chengtu Railway

960

Dutch

31

-38

+43 -.

· 41

55

+53

.82

71,

+48

·5-4

282 289A

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Wuchang-Hankow Railway Bridge. Pukow harbour works.

• Work on these lines bas already commented.

† Offered to Consortium, 1920,

* Offered to the Consortium, 1920.

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