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6. Peking-Hankow Railway (Ching-Han, also known as Pe-Han or Lu-Han), 755 miles. Built by Franco-Belgian capital. Reverted to Chinese control, January 1, 1909. French and Belgian engineers still employed. Branches: (1) Liangsiang to Tuli, 12 miles, to local coal mines. (2) Liuliho to Chowkweichwang, 10 miles, to local coal mines. (3) Kaopeition to Siling, 36 miles, light metre gauge railway to the Imperial tombs. (4) Kaoyihsien to Lincheng, 11 miles, to local coal mines.

7. Tientsin-Pukow Railway (Ching-P'u), 675 miles. Anglo-German capital (northern section 400 miles, German; southern section, 275 miles, British). On the northern section the line is laid from near Tientsin to Tehchow about 135 miles. The southern section is almost completed from Pukow to the Huai River (110 miles).

8. Shantung Railway. Under German control. Main line: Tsingtau to Tsinan, 256 miles, a single line with earthwork to accommodate double line. Branch: Changtien to Poshan, 28 miles.

9. Tsaochwang-Taierhchwang Railway, 35 miles, from coal mines near Yihsien in South Shantung, to the Grand Canal. Under construction.

10. Shansi Railway (Cheng-Tai). From Shilkiaochwang (next station south of Chengtingfu) on the Peking-Hankow line to Taiyuanfu; 151 miles, metre gauge. Con- cession secured by Russo-Chinese Bank in 1898; constructed by Belgian syndicate; opened 1907; proposed to be redeemed by China in 1912.

11. Kaifeng-Honanfu Railway (Pien-Lo), 140 miles. Under Belgian control; redeemable by China.

12. Taokow-Tsinghwachen Railway (Tao-Ching), 96 miles. Crosses the Peking- Hankow Railway at Sinsiang. Built by British capital and worked by the Peking Syndicate. Redeemed by China, 1905. British engineer still employed. To be continued to Tsehchow.

13. Szechuan-Hankow Railway (Ch'uan-Han), Chengtu to Hankow, over 800 miles. Work began at Ichang in December, 190, on the section from Iehang to Wansien. The whole of the Chinese capital collected by subscriptions and taxes during the last 10 years will be absorbed by the expenditure already incurred in preliminary opera- tions and by the expenditure necessary to construct the section now begun: but there is still strong provincial opposition to a foreign loan.

14. Canton-Hankow Railway (Yueh-Han); 750 miles. Undertaken by three provin- cial companies for the sections in Kwangtung, Hunan and Hupei, respectively, with Chinese capital, Construction by Chinese and foreign engineers (some British) is well advanced throughout the Kwangtung section, but through traffic only reaches from Canton to Pachiang, about 50 miles. Work on embankments is progressing favourably on the Hunan section from Chuchow to Changsha. Nothing is apparently being done on the Hupei section. Branchs: (1) Canton to Samshui (San Shui) 32 miles, double to Fatshan (10 miles). (2) Chuchow to Pingsiang (Ping-Li), 65 miles, to serve the Anyuen coal mines; built in 1902 by American engineers. To be extended 12 miles further.

15 Kiangsi Railway (Nan-Hsün), Kiukiang to Nanchang; 82 miles. Chinese capital; Japanese engineers. Work on embankment began in 1908, but little progress was made until the beginning of 1910, when a fresh accession of activity has been displayed. 16. Anhwei Railway (Wu-Kuang), Wuhu to Kwangtehchow. Intended length, 150 miles, to continue to the border of Anhui to connect with the Chekiang Railway viâ Hucliowfu. Work began in 1908, but little progress has been made.

17. Shanghai-Nanking Railway (Hu-Ning); 193 miles. Double line to Soochow, 54 miles. Built by British capital and British engineers; opened to Nanking in 1908. Branches: (1) Shanghai to Woosung (Sung-Hu), 10 miles; opened in 1898; taken over by the Shanghai-Nanking Railway Administration in 1905. (2) Nanking City Railway, 7 miles, built from Government provincial funds by a British engineer; opened August, 1908. A branch of the Shanghai-Nanking Railway is to be built from Wusih to Kiangyin, 25 miles.

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18. Shanghai-Hangchow-Ningpo Railway (Hu-Hang-Yung); 218 miles. construction by two companies with Chinese capital, the Kiangsu and Chekiang Railway Companies, respectively. Opened from Shanghai to Hangchow (118 miles) in August, 1908.

19. Fukien Railway (Chang-Hsia), Changchowfu to Amoy, 33 miles. Construction progressing slowly, three or four miles completed.

20. Swatow-Chaochowfu Railway (Chao-Shan); 24 miles completed November, 1906. Chinese capital. Japanese engineers. Eventual connection with Amoy is proposed,

21. Canton-Kowloon Railway (Chiu-Kuang); 112 miles. Under construction with British capital and British engineers. The section in British territory, from Kowloon to Shumeĥün, 22 miles, was opened in October, 1910. The Chinese section, Canton to

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