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19. Fukien Railway (Chang-Hsia), Changchowfu to Amoy, 33 miles. Construction progressing slowly.
20. Swatow-Chaochowfu Railway (Chao-Shan); 24 miles completed November, 1909. Chinese capital. Japanese engineers. Eventual connection with Amoy is proposed.
21. Canton-Kowloon Railway (Chiu-Kuang); 112 miles. Constructed with British capital and British engineers. The section in British territory, from Kowloon to Shumchün, 22 miles, was opened in October, 1910. The Chinese section, Canton to Shunchun, 89 miles, was opened or: October 3rd. A connection with the Canton- Hankow Railway is to be made by a loop round the north of Canton city.
22. Sunning Railway (Hsin-Ning), Kongyik to Samkaphoi viâ Sunning; 55 miles. Chinese capital and Chinese engineers. Opened in 1909-10.
23. Yunnan Railway (Tien-Yueh), Laokai to Yunnanfu; 291 miles. An extension of the line from Hanoi. Metre gauge. Built and controlled by French. Completed January, 1910.
Projected Railways
1. Kirin to Changchun (Kuanchengtzu) (Chi Chang); 80 miles. Surveys completed Japanese loan completed in November, 1909, and construction to commence in spring of 1910. Engineer in chief to be Japanese.
2. Kirin to Hunchun; 240 miles. To be undertaken on completion of the Kirin- Changchun line.
3. Chinchowfu to Aigun; 750 miles. Preliminary agreement signed in January, 1910, for American loan and British construction.
4. Kalgan to Suiyuan (Chang-Sui), 180 miles. Probably viâ Tatungfu, Preliminary surveys begun. Trains expected to run as far as Tienchen (Shansi), 50 miles, in spring of 1912. Extension intended later to Urga and Kiakhta.
5. Chengtingfu to Tehchow, 110 miles. To connect the Peking-Hankow and Tientsin-Pukow Railways.
6. Chefoo to Weihsien, 170 miles. To connect Chefoo with the Shantung Railway. Delayed for want of funds.
7. Tatungfu to Puchowfu (T'ung-P'u), 450 miles. To connect the north and centre of Shansi province with the Shensi Railway at Tungkwan, south of Puchowfu. Only the section from Taiyuan to Pingyaohsien (60 miles) appears to be in immediate contemplation.
8. Tungkwan to Honanfu (Hsi-Tung), 730 miles. Surveyed in 1909. Chinese engineer engaged.
9. Sianfu to Tungkwan (Lo-Tung), 85 miles. Surveyed in 1909.
10. Sianfu to Lanchowfu, 80 miles. Noted in the programine of the Board of Communications as to be surveyed in 1911, but the project is still somewhat indefinite.
11. Lanchowfu to Ilifu; over 1,250 miles. A still more indefinite item of the programme. 12. Kaifeng to Suchowfu, 175 miles. Also surveyed in 1909.
13. Süchowfu to Tsingkiangpu (Ching-Hsü), 120 miles. Intended to be completed in 1911. The line is begun to be laid from Tsingkiangpu
14. Tsingkiangpu to Haichow (Ching-Hai), 70 miles. This last section is intended to provide an outlet on the sea for the great trunk line from west to east, which will be formed by the execution of projects Nos. 8, 9, 12 and 13 in addition to the existing line from Honantu to Kaifeng.
15. From Tsingkiangpu along the Grand Canal to Kwachow (on the Yangtse opposite Chinkiang); over 100 miles.
16. Sinyangchow to Fengyang or Pukow, 270 miles.
17. Chaochowfu or Swatow viâ Waichów to Sheklung or Shunchün; 200 miles. Alternative projects for connecting Swatow with the Canton district and the Canton- Kowloon Railway.
18 Macao to Fatshan (on the Canton-Samshui line), 75 miles. Concession granted to a Portuguese syndicate in 1902.
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9. Kweilin to Chuanchow (Kwangsi), 80 miles. Preliminary survey made in 1909; no funds for construction.
20. Langson to Lungchow, 46 miles. A proposed French extension, metre gauge. of the Hanoi-Langson line. It is proposed to continue this line to Nanning (150 miles), 21. Yunnanfu to Szechuan, 450 miles. To Suifu or to Luchow. Two American engi- neers were engaged by the Viceroy of Yunnan to survey in 1909. Probably metre gauge. 22. Bhamo to Teng Yueh (Tien-Mien), 123 miles. Preliminary surveys completed;
2 foot 6 inches or metre gauge.
The year 1900 will ever be memorable in the history of China for the "Boxer" rising, the last and a most determined attempt to break away from foreign influence
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