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mines. (3) Kaopeitien to Siling, 26 miles, light metre gauge railway to the Imperial tombs. (4) Kaoyihsien to Lincheng, 10 miles, to local coal mines. (5) Paotingfu branch, 3 miles.

7. Tientsin-Pukow Railway (Ching-P'u), 626 miles. Anglo-German capital (northern section 400 miles, German; southern section, 226 miles, British). Completed in 1911. Branches: (1) Chentangchwang to Liangwangchwang, 16 miles. (2) Lincheng to Tsao- ohwang, 19 miles. (3) Yenchowfu to Tsiningchow, 20 miles. (4) Lokou to Huangtai- chiao 5 miles. (5) Tuliu to Pauto-Techow Grand Canal, 24 miles. (6) Pukow to Hanchuang (British), 236 miles.

8. Shantung Railway. Constructed by Germans. Main line: Tsingtao to Tsinan, 256 miles, a single line with earthwork to accommodate double line. Branches: (1) Changtien to Poshan, 28 miles. (2) Tsaochuang to Taieshchuang, 26 miles

9. Shansi Railway (Cheng-T'ai). From Shihkiaochwang (next station south of Chengtingfu) on the Peking-Hankow line to Taiyuanfu, 151 miles, metre gauge. Concession secured by Russo-Chinese Bank in 1898; constructed by Belgian syndicate; opened 1907.

10. Kaifeng-Honanfu Railway (Pien-Lo), 140 miles. Under Belgian control; re- deemable by China. To be merged into the Lung Hai Railway proposed to extend from Lanchow, Kansu province, to some point, such as Haichow, on the coast north of the Yangtsze river. The sections-Kaifengfu to Haichowfu, and Honanfu to Kwang Ying Tang-have been constructed.

11. Taokow-Chinghua Railway (Tao-Ching), 93 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. Branch: Yiuchiafen to Taoching, 1 mile.

12. Tayeh mines Railway (Hupeh), narrow gauge. Tiehshanfu to Huangshihkang, 17 miles.

13. Szechuan-Hankow Railway (Ch'uan-Han), Chengtu to Hankow, over 800 miles. Work begun at Ichang in December, 1909, on the section from Ichang to Wansien. Passed under Government control 1911. In the early part of 1913 an engineer-in-chief was appointed to each of the three sections. The surveying of the German (Hankow- Ichang) and American (Ichang-Kweichow) sections was put in hand.

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, and the line is completed as far as Shiu Kwan (Chiu Chow) 140 miles from Canton. A commencement on the Hupei section was made at the end of 1912 by British engineers and completed to Changsha by the end of 1917, after which construction ceased. Branches: (1) Canton to Samshui (San Shui), 32 miles, double to Fatshan (10 miles). (2) Chuchow to Pingsiang (P'ing- Li), 65 miles, to serve the Anyuen coal mines; built in 1902 by American engineers. To be extended 12 miles further. The section between Wuchang and Yuchow was opened to traffic in September, 1917.

15. Kiangsi Railway (Nan-Hsün), Kiukiang to Nanchang, 82 miles. Chinese capital, Japanese engineers. Heavily mortgaged to Japanese interests.

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 Huchowfu. Work began in 1908, but little progress has been made.

17. Shanghai-Nanking Railway (Hu-Ning), 193 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 line connecting the Shanghai-Nanking Railway with the Shanghai-Hangchow was completed in 1916 passing through the outskirts of the settlement; 10 miles.

18. Shanghai-Hangchow-Ningpo Railway (Hu-Hang-Yung); 218 miles. Under con- struction by two companies with Chinese capital, the Kiangsu and Chekiang Railway Companies, respectively. Opened from Shanghai to Hangchow (116 miles) in August, 1908, and from Ningpo to Tsao Ngo River (48 miles) in October, 1916. Management consolidated with that of the Shanghai-Nanking Railway.

19. Fukien Railway (Chang-Hsia), Changchowfu to Amoy, 33 miles. Construction has ceased at a distance of 18 miles.

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