CO129-520-6 Railway development- Canton-Kowloon Railway 5-11-1929 - 5-11-1930 — Page 4

Hong Kong's outstanding clamies at the

end

of 19288 were:

(1) Compensation for suspension of traffic -

1923-25

4

$941,208.21

(2) Demurrage

$ 56,388

1923-1925

$1997,596.21

fast year the Governor urged that in

settling the Boxer Indemnity Fund

&

question the settlement

these clains should

also be provided for but be

was told

that they were a matter for separate necifications. (see 39,55 and 5640627084/29)

Developments disclosed by the present

correspondence are as follows

:

The British section have retained

from balance perable on them to the Chimiess

Section

sum of $11, 438, 16

claim for suspension of traffic in

to meet

1929

The suspensions

Chinese Section, who have referred the claims from 1923 to the Ministry of hart ways,

have frostested.

Sir C. Clementi has