Directory_and_Chronicle_1920 — Page 939

Directories & Chronicles 香港指南 All

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for over two-thirds of its length went bodily into the river owing to the action of the water coming from inland carrying away sand from beneath the stone work. The net value of the trade of the port coming under the cognizance of the Foreign Customs was Hk. Tls. 6,362,492 in 1918 as compared with Hk. Tls. 4,422,849 in 1917, Hk. Tls. 4,354,425 in 1916 and Hk. Tls. 4,541,442 in 1915. The bulk of the carrying trade is, how- ever, carried on by junks, which do not come under the control of the Foreign Customs. In December, 1913, a contract was entered into between the Chinese Government and the British firm of Pauling & Co. for the construction of a railway from a point opposite Shasi to Singyifu in the province of Kweichow via Changteh and Kweiyang, with a branch from Changteh to Changsha. Good progress was made in the survey of this projected railway until the outbreak of the European war and consequent necessity for a temporary cessation of operations led to the recall of the engineers. It is reported that so many lakes and morasses lie in the direct survey of the Shasi-Changteh section that a détour to the west, through more productive country, may be necessary.

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