CO129-520-6 Railway development- Canton-Kowloon Railway 5-11-1929 - 5-11-1930 — Page 54

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considered that the claim was in any case

extremely weak legally and even if made on

grounds of equity it did not rest on a sound

legal basis and was not likely to succeed.

His Majesty's Government have so many large

and valid claims outstanding against the

Chinese Government that it would be injudi-

cious to put forward a claim resting on no

legal grounds and having no prospects of being

allowed.

In the circumstances the Secretary

of State informed the Governor that he

considered that the claims for suspension of

traffic must be abandoned.

(b) Demurrage.

The claims for demurrage of rolling

stock are based on Section 7 of Schedule C

of the Working Agreement.

Since 1925

demurrage accounts have been regularly

settled each year with the Chinese Section,

but there is still an unsettled claim to

the amount of $56,388 outstanding in respect

of 1923, 1924 and 1925. The liability on

this account was repudiated by the Chinese

Section in 1923 on the ground that the

demurrage was due to the suspension of

through trains and that the claim was therefore lodgeable direct with the Provincial Govern-

ment and not with the Railway.

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