CO129-519-6 Development of railways proposed by Chinese Government 7-9-1929 - 17-1-1930 — Page 39

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The following scheme is proposed for rehabilitation of the

railway, paying off its outstanding debts other than amortisation i:

in arrears, and providing the funds necessary for improvements: -

1.

2.

The sum to be provided is $4,000,000 of which the Government will provide $1,000,000 while an additional loan of $3,000,000 will be raised.

The amount of $4,000,000 to be used as follows:

Government

Advance

Loan

Total

$

$

Renewal of sleepers Purchase of Coaches

360,000

360,000

300,000

300,000

Interest in arrears

Trustees Remuneration

Advances from

2,750,962 2,750,962

67,549

67,549

B. & C. Corporation (1)

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Obligations for Faterials

71,099

71,099

(2)

336,035

336,035

91,003

91,003

Unpaid wages

Domestic Loan

55,469

55,469

55,193

55,193

Total

Less estimated surplus

for 1929

1,087,038

90,000

3,000,272 4,087,310

Total $

997,038

10,000

2,990.272 3,987,310

100,000

3.

4.

5.

A moratorium of eleven years (including the five years previous to and including 1929) to be declared in regard to the amortisation of the original loan.

loan

The amortisation of the new to begin at once with an in- itial payment of $400,000 at the end of the first year, increasing yearly by $50,000 until the whole loan is repaid. This will permit repayment to be made in six years.

The attached table shews the amounts due each year for the interest on the original loan, the interest on, and amortisation of the new loan, and the amortisation of the original loan when that is resumed on the expiry of the moratorium. In this table the rate of exchange has been taken.as $11.00

£1.

The Government to guarantee that a sum equal to one twelfth of the annual amount required as shewn by the table referred to shall be set aside each month from the receipts of the railway, or if the said receipts are not sufficient, then the sum short shall be provided by the Government from other sources.

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